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You might have something there, I've only had a couple with pasty butt, withen a couple days of getting them from the hatchery in the mail. Once they were cleaned up it didn't come back. I never use medicated feed, never saw the reason to, my chicks always live and are healthy.

I've always heard mixing ground cornmeal into their chick starter helps prevent it. Also, no stress, some people say stress helps cause it, kids/other animals etc. messing with them the first week. Try not to bother them too much the first week.

I only have had to do it a couple times but I trickled warm water in the bathtub put just the pasty part under it and slowly worked it with my fingers pinching it. Like ChickenCanoe and Judy said, have patience, it takes awhile, half hour even. I didn't loose any fluff. The wife did it once with...