Poopy butt

[NDchickenlady]

I have a hen with a reoccurring poopy end. I clean and trim the feathers. She seams ok for a while then it comes back. One time it looked a little prolapsed but I did push back in. I have treated the flock with corrid to be safe. What else can try?

 

[Debbie292d]

I had a hen like this. She recently died of old age I guess as nothing was wrong with her. She just got slower and slower about getting around.

She had poopy butt her entire life of 8 years. I tried probiotics and even started fermenting grain to give them all probiotics on a more regular basis. Nothing helped her and no other chickens ever have gotten that. Beats me why she got that nasty back end.

We just used to get a kitchen tub of soapy water and soak her butt for a few minutes, then with rubber gloves on, pulled what we could, then with a kitchen scissors, cut all around her anus and below it. Then rinsed. That would last several months.

You could try probiotics and see if that helps. It should have I thought, but didn't with ours.

 

[NDchickenlady]

I had a hen like this. She recently died of old age I guess as nothing was wrong with her. She just got slower and slower about getting around.

She had poopy butt her entire life of 8 years. I tried probiotics and even started fermenting grain to give them all probiotics on a more regular basis. Nothing helped her and no other chickens ever have gotten that. Beats me why she got that nasty back end.

We just used to get a kitchen tub of soapy water and soak her butt for a few minutes, then with rubber gloves on, pulled what we could, then with a kitchen scissors, cut all around her anus and below it. Then rinsed. That would last several months.

You could try probiotics and see if that helps. It should have I thought, but didn't with ours.

Sounds the same. She’s the only one with it.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I had a hen like this. She recently died of old age I guess as nothing was wrong with her. She just got slower and slower about getting around.

She had poopy butt her entire life of 8 years. I tried probiotics and even started fermenting grain to give them all probiotics on a more regular basis. Nothing helped her and no other chickens ever have gotten that. Beats me why she got that nasty back end.

We just used to get a kitchen tub of soapy water and soak her butt for a few minutes, then with rubber gloves on, pulled what we could, then with a kitchen scissors, cut all around her anus and below it. Then rinsed. That would last several months.

You could try probiotics and see if that helps. It should have I thought, but didn't with ours.

Is there a brand of probiotics that you recommend, or do you mean like plain yogurt?

 

[Debbie292d]

Is there a brand of probiotics that you recommend, or do you mean like plain yogurt?

We used Hydro-Hen in their water every other day if I didn't have fermented grains that day. There are several powdered probiotics. Durvet is another one I've heard people use a lot.

Yogurt counts too though. To serve it and make sure they each get some, I just tore paper plate in 1/4's x how many so each got their own and plopped about a tablespoon on each.

Since she's gone, I still do all this but only about once a week now. All commercial feed has a limited amount of probiotics in it, so they are always getting a little anyway.

 

[georgiashens]

One of my girls struggles with this. She’s a heavier breed (Sussex) and I was told that being on the heavier side can sometimes cause them to have a ‘fat shelf’ where poo gets stuck. I just wash her down in warm water with a bit of baby shampoo and blow dry her when it happens. It has gotten better recently though!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

One of my girls struggles with this. She’s a heavier breed (Sussex) and I was told that being on the heavier side can sometimes cause them to have a ‘fat shelf’ where poo gets stuck. I just wash her down in warm water with a bit of baby shampoo and blow dry her when it happens. It has gotten better recently though!

How well does she tolerate all that? I need to wash the poopy butt of one of our hens and I know she's going to have a fit.

 

[georgiashens]

How well does she tolerate all that? I need to wash the poopy butt of one of our EEs and I know she's going to have a fit.

She’s actually not bad at all! She’s not one of my tamest girls, she won’t allow strokes and definitely won’t sit on your lap voluntarily but when I bring her indoors, she seems to mellow down massively. I usually do it in the bath and just give it a good disinfectant afterwards. When she’s outside though, she’s quite flighty about it because she knows that she can fly away. I also find that putting a thin sheet over her helps calm her down if she’s feeling nervous at the beginning, just to block her veiw but not completely covering her so she can breathe well. It took a while for her to get used to the hair dryer, she would shout at me but after a while, she got used to it and actually seemed to enjoy it! She would fall asleep!