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4/9/12 at 12:04pm

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I have 3 four week old silkie chicks and every day I check them for crusty butt and each time it seems at least one of them has it. I raised 5 ees last year and none of them got it. Is there something going on?

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4/9/12 at 2:55pm

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You may want to put some corn meal in their food, this will help with the pasty butt and firm up their poop so it won't stick. I do this with my 2 week old Ameracauna babies and no pasty butt.

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4/9/12 at 3:00pm

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It takes awhile to go away. If you have trouble cleaning it soaking their back end in warm water while gently wiping their vent with a paper towel works. Then after you dry them off put some oil on their vent area. I used olive oil. You can use Vaseline as well. It's pretty normal to get pasty butt with fuzzy bottom chicks. My Silkie had it really bad.

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