4 day old chick trouble with pooping

Date sort Score sort
ambe0487

ambe0487

Songster
Jul 6, 2015
953
275
191
Urbandale, IA
I have a 4 day old chick who I noticed had pasty butt a couple days ago. I got it cleaned and trimmed its booty fluff. Today and yesterday I notice its struggling to push anything out. I can see is vent push out and she makes loud chirping sounds and then pauses after it stops almost to breath. I occasionally see liquid come out and a small amount of white debris.

So far I've added play sand to her food. I'm giving her a mixture of unmedicated chick starter, scrambled eggs for extra protein, molasses, acv, Nutro drench, and water.
I soked her once each day and clean her up every couple hours. When I put her back in the brooder she cries like crazy.

I'm not sure what else to do to help her. Please help!
 
Chick grit? Not sure what the age for it is though. And honestly, the baby chick i had that had continuous pasty butt ended up dieing. Take a picture now and compare it in a few days if it doesn't get better.
 
It's sounds like you're doing the right thing. To keep her from getting messy, you could use wire mesh stapled to some trim in the brooder. My chicks didn't get a bit messy when I used that. What does your brooder look like? What food are you using? And is there anything in the brooder she could of eaten?
 
DiamondSwan said:
It's sounds like you're doing the right thing. To keep her from getting messy, you could use wire mesh stapled to some trim in the brooder. My chicks didn't get a bit messy when I used that. What does your brooder look like? What food are you using? And is there anything in the brooder she could of eaten?
Click to expand...


Here is the brooder setup
700


I can't think of anything that she could have eaten besides the stuff listed above and poop. I didn't do any bedding on there yet for fear of an impacted crop. The bottom is a plastic shower mat and paper towels until tomorrow when I was adding pine shavings.
 
ambe0487 said:
Here is the brooder setup
700


I can't think of anything that she could have eaten besides the stuff listed above and poop. I didn't do any bedding on there yet for fear of an impacted crop. The bottom is a plastic shower mat and paper towels until tomorrow when I was adding pine shavings.
Click to expand...

Hmmmmm........well you're a great chicken momma and doing the right thing. You can get wire mesh from tractor supply and staple it to trim for the poop to fall through.
 
CGilbert said:
Chick grit? Not sure what the age for it is though. And honestly, the baby chick i had that had continuous pasty butt ended up dieing. Take a picture now and compare it in a few days if it doesn't get better.
Click to expand...

I crushed up chicken egg shells and also gave them play ground sand. Is there something different I should be giving them?
 
Sorry, busy couple days keeping up with her bottom is doing much better. She gets at least one bottom soak a day to get the pasty bottom off. Not really sure why it's affecting just her and not any of the others. I see her eating, drinking, sleeping, and now pooping. I did cut almost all of her fuzz off her bottom so it doesn't stick as much. She seems to almost seep out from time to time. I wonder if we will be dealing with this forever.
700

I guess I should be glad she is cute!
 

Similar threads

B
Little girl having trouble pooping
Replies
6
Views
979
blackal
B
S
Weak, wobbly 4 day old with air in crop?
Replies
1
Views
678
Tookie
Tookie
E
Lice on 3 week old chick ?
Replies
5
Views
366
aart
aart
B
1 day old chick acting weak
Replies
4
Views
210
ChicNmom
C
A
Chick hurt
Replies
4
Views
849
addythechicklady12
A

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom