Crap all over her back

[Thechickentrainer1999]

This is really nasty but one of my chickens came out of the coop this morning with crap smeared all over her back? Any easy suggestions to get her clean without giving her a bath? A wet paper towel hasn't worked either.

 

[Col1948]

If you do get it off it looks like she is sleeping under the roost, have you got poop boards, this may help if not?

 

[Thechickentrainer1999]

She slept on the roost as always but somehow it must have happened as she jumped down for me to open the door. I don't have poop boards just shavings below.

If you do get it off it looks like she is sleeping under the roost, have you got poop boards, this may help if not?

 

[Beer can]

She'll dust bathe and it'll dry off and disappear eventually. Sounds like she was sleeping under someone on the roost.
I have a rooster that has that happen. Apparently he doesn't like the change of a different coop/roost/girls and sleeps on the ground below them and gets pooped on Lol.

 

[chickens really]

Do you have a Rooster? If so look at his butt to see if it's clean..Anyways she will dust bath and preen herself clean.

 

[peeper89]

This is really nasty but one of my chickens came out of the coop this morning with crap smeared all over her back? Any easy suggestions to get her clean without giving her a bath? A wet paper towel hasn't worked either.

it dry i had bond chikcen get poopoo on her she didnt like it but she walk round any ways it dry an she pekced it off! she made face but got it off she took dustings bath to so it all nice now

 

[aart]

This is really nasty but one of my chickens came out of the coop this morning with crap smeared all over her back? Any easy suggestions to get her clean without giving her a bath? A wet paper towel hasn't worked either.

Just scrape as much off as you can...otherwise she'll take care of it.
This happens pretty frequently here, I don't worry about it.
Unless it was a huge and really juicy poop, leave it be.

 

[Acre4Me]

Happens here too. No poop boards as we have ladder style roosts. If it’s bad/wet/especially stinky and on a favorite bird, my tween decides it’s bath time in the utility sink followed by a blow dry and fluff treatment. The chickens like the blow dry treatment and completely sit still, whereas it’s a good thing the utility sink is deep.

 

[aart]

whereas it’s a good thing the utility sink is deep

 

[cassie123]

Why can't you give her a bath?