Madeline90
Chirping
- Apr 26, 2017
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Hello, I was hoping to get some advice about my poor pullets pasty butt. I just bought some chicks from the store and I kept smelling something very foul on the car ride home. When I got home we opened the box and I realized one of the chicks had dried poop the size of a ping pong ball attached to her bottom. Literally that big. It was horrible. We cleaned it with warm water and got it off. Then she pooped A LOT and it was very, very runny and it had a very distinct smell. Another one had pasty butt too, but not near this bad. I am just worried about her. I feel like she may not have had much time left. After we cleaned it all and she began the excessive pooping, she had a hard time with balance and kept falling over. I am monitoring her closely for now. Is this normal (a ping pong ball size)? Should I worry about her well doing, or did we help her in time? Everything I look up about it doesn't say that it is that big of a mound, so this must have gotten out of hand. Thanks for any help and advice! I've never had this happen before. I'm glad the store clerk grabbed her for us to bring home, otherwise it may not have been noticed, and she may not be alive!