clueless chick Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Rusty keeps getting a mucky bottom. Her brown frilly knicks are always white. She is still laying and still does not like to be picked up, still in training as a football dribbler. The other 2 are clean and even if I inadvertenly lean towards them they squat down but not Rusty. What can be causing only the one girl to have runny poos? Anyone with any ideas. I have washed her but it is a battle to catch her and in this cold weather I havent been able to clean her cos she just about puts up with the washing but drying forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 A mucky bum can be a sign of worms. I would give them a course of Flubenvet, and maybe restrict the diet to just pellets and water for a few days, no treats. A bit of probiotic yoghurt may help too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless chick Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thanks. Because of the cold weather they have been having alittle chicken spice and porridge mixed sometimes with pearl barley. Do you think I have been overdoing it .I read on the forum about Diatrom. a little squeeze of that on the area and she might clean herself. Just been out and have given it a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Mine have the same white bottoms but I put it down to sleeping in the nestbox. They were wormed. Does your girl do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Some of my girls have grubby knickers They've had them for a while... have been wormed but I've never washed them because I've read that it takes a while for their feathers to become 'waterproof' again. I'm just worried that in this unreliable weather that they'd be at risk from getting a regular soaking. I think it's from when they do a squittery poo and then go dustbathing... they end up with crispy pants! Am I doing the wrong thing by waiting for better weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless chick Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sometimes they sleep in the nesting box. Dont think they all do as poo in one side of cube roosting bars that isnt open to outside ( I only leave a small gap for them to get in and out during the winter). When the weather is freezing I have noticed they use the nest alot more, which I cant blame them snuggling up together and yes she does seem to have runny poos sometimes. The thing is she is lively actually the only one that leaps around, only this morning someone called around the side of the house and she leapt over the netting to see who it was. I was wondering if porridge etc was treats in this weather I would have thought it was needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Some of my girls have grubby knickers They've had them for a while... have been wormed but I've never washed them because I've read that it takes a while for their feathers to become 'waterproof' again. I'm just worried that in this unreliable weather that they'd be at risk from getting a regular soaking. I think it's from when they do a squittery poo and then go dustbathing... they end up with crispy pants! Am I doing the wrong thing by waiting for better weather? One of mine always has a mucky bum - and I've also held off washing her because of the horrible cold weather at the moment, so I'd be interested to hear answers to this too!! All of mine sleep in the nest box, but only one has a mucky bum (the Pepperpot) - the others (both gingers) are usually clean, so I wonder if Daphne has a fluffier behind!! Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 My Fifi often gets a mucky bum, but it doesn't seem to bother her. I've found that a small daily helping of probiotic yoghurt with Bokash Bran mixed in works wonders whenever the symptoms appear. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless chick Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi JM the chestnut ranger is the one with the mucky bottom but just after a quick health check the pepperpot (pearl) has a bare bottom, this morning not around the vent but underneath. When did that happen, there are no feathers in the roosting area cos I clean that every day and none in the nesting area. Usually she has the most fantastic soft feathers in that area. What I did notice at the beginning of the week when I picked her up, she was alittle cooler in body temp to the others??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
