pasty butt. (poop stuck to the butt)

[mkearsley]

My new silkies all have pasty butt. The place i buy them from uses scratch to help, but i don't have any & i want tho get it cleared up before i lose them. Can i feed them flax seed? Would it help? It's there anything else that might clear it up? They are 4 daysold

 

[lexiferrara]

try some chick grit also you can use warm water on wash rag to try to get some off . I had a chick with pasty butt that is what I did soon the chick got over it .

 

[mkearsley]

Would parakeet grit work?

 

[lexiferrara]

It is still bird grit not much difference ,
it is to help them digest their food properly
I say if that is what you have at the moment use it . when they get older and you let them on the ground the little pebbles and stuff will naturally help .

 

[mkearsley]

Thanks. I've never had this problem before with any of my other chicks. Once they are big enough, they'llfree range with the other chickens.

 

[happyhens1972]

scrambled egg...never had pasty butt that didn't clear up right away on scrambled egg!

 

[DanEP]

Warm water not hot and a paper towel will clean them up just fine just allow for a little soak time. Also I've had good luck with adding a little apple cider vinegar to their water, It's always clear up pasty butt for me

 

[happyhens1972]

Make sure you dry the chicks off fully before you put them back. If the vent area is exposed by the wetting down of feathers/fluff, the other chicks will peck at it and cause damage. A quick blow-dry with a hair dryer will do the trick!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Add a splash of ACV to the water. They don't need grit if they are on crumble. I run the tap warm and just wash the butt down , gently loosening the poop. Towel dry and apply a little olive oil. The oil helps to prevent the poop sticking to the feathers.

 

[annelions]

If you trim the feathers around the vent a little, it will keep further droppings from getting stuck. I did this after washing did NOTHING to help. The oil also helps, but trimming with nail scissors seems to have done the most good.