Another pasty butt question....

[jkirby]

I know what it looks like, I know how to remove it, and I know how to medicate the area. What I don't know is what causes it in otherwise healthy chicks and what to do to prevent it from recurring or happening in the first place. Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[gritsar]

The one thing I know that definitely causes it is stress from shipping. They usually outgrow it in a week or so.

 

[DixieDame67]

Jkirby, as i read on here, i started soaking pasty butts lol and applying olive oil, were now over the pasty butt but if i can figure out how to keep the feathered footers from being gunked up....i think ive got raising chics whipped

 

[b.hromada]

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I don't think anything shy of a bath would help them.

 

[jkirby]

Thanks everyone for the replies. The chicks that are having this problem are a little over a week old. I've been removing it and all that stuff, but was just trying to find out if it's a dietary problem or something that vitamins or other additives might take care of in future chicks.