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Hi! I am a new chick mama from Wednesday morning. I, too, have been staring at a chick bottom for way too long. One of our two silkie bantams has it- she is also the smallest in the flock. She seems to be able to poop but it gets all around her vent area and the poop is not as big as the...

I had something similar happen. I let them go a few days trying to not stress everyone out. No one died, but the pasty butt was bad. Then I cleaned them off once more and now everyone is fine. I think the key is that they not get stressed to start with, once they are, I'm not sure how to...

That's an interesting idea, though you also hear that you are supposed to keep things free from chicken poop. Who knows with some of this stuff!

Leslie, I was thinking the same thing! I spend my days looking at chick butts and goat vaginas (she's due any day now!). They need to send kids to farms to learn about reproduction "hands on"!