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I have a question for some that may be more experienced than I am. Why is it that the chicks hatched by serama hens have more trouble with pasty butt than the chicks hatched in an incubator or by other hens?? I can't figure this one out. My main 'data pool' consists of 4 chicks hatched by a serama and 4 chicks hatched by an OEGB/d'uccles mix hen. The serama hen is in the 'community pen' with her babies but none of the others pick on them...if anything they help raise the babies. The OEGB mix hen is free range but locked up at night with 3 other OEGB. None of the chicks hatched by the OEGB mix have had pasty butt at all, but 3 of the 4 hatched by the serama have. I actually lost one of them today because I hadn't noticed the poopy butt....I cleaned the other 2's butts yesterday.


Is it because they are in a pen and only have their feed to eat? (free-range OEGB hen feeds her babies feed, bugs, bird seed, etc). The ones I hatch in the incubator also get only their feed. Could the serama hen not be caring for her babies correctly? (letting them get chilled?) The OEGB hen is already not roosting with her babies and they are doing fine at 2 weeks old. I just can't figure it out. Any tips?
 
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IDK, I have a mild problem with it too, but I was attributing it to the heat. I give them dishsoap baths if they need it. Maybe it has to do with grinding their food small? Or like you say because if they were free range, they would be getting more "other" foods.
 
I attribute to poopy butt to the water. How often do you clean the water dish. I also added a little apple cider vinegar to the water and they all cleared up.

who on here was having problems with snakes and made their own trap? I am now having issues with a snake that tries to eat chickens that are to big for it. I find the remains but not the dang snake. this is twice it has done this
 
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You could get a wire trap that the snake can go into just barely. Put bait in it (like an egg or something) so that after it eats, it wouldnt be able to fit back through the wire. He would be stuck. The kind of bait you use depends on the kind of snake.
 
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Sand is grit, so they eat some of it.

As for mine, I don't do anything different between the two mamas...they get fed and watered once a day. The only difference is that mama is a different breed and one group free ranges while the other is penned up. Other than that, the free range mama has a larger group of chicks (10 assorted chicks: silkie, serama, OEGB, EE) while the Serama mama only has the 4...well now 3
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