Baby chick prolapse?

[Gardening Gal]

Can anyone tell me what I should do? I've been gently cleaning her bottom but this shouldn't look like this.

 

[Gardening Gal]

She isn't quite a week old. Shes Eating and drinking ok

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How warm is the brooder on the hot and cold side?

She's eating chick starter correct?

I'd give her little bottom a soak in a warm epsom salts bath to help reduce swelling. Dry her well so she doesn't get chilled (a hairdryer works well). Apply a little anti-inflammatory cream, coconut oil or vaseline to the vent to help soothe it.

Does she seem to be having a hard time pooping?

 

[Gardening Gal]

She is eating chick starter. Brooder is about 95°. I have been taking wet Q-tips and cleaning her bottom, patting it dry and applying cortisone with a clean Q-tip. I will try Epsom salts. She is pretty spunky and hard to catch. Her bottom did look a bit better this morning but still pasty and gooey. It's so hard to clean I don't want to hurt her.

 

[Gardening Gal]

She is eating chick starter. Brooder is about 95°. I have been taking wet Q-tips and cleaning her bottom, patting it dry and applying cortisone with a clean Q-tip. I will try Epsom salts. She is pretty spunky and hard to catch. Her bottom did look a bit better this morning but still pasty and gooey. It's so hard to clean I don't want to hurt her.
She is pooping but it sticks to her

 

[Gardening Gal]

She is eating chick starter. Brooder is about 95°. I have been taking wet Q-tips and cleaning her bottom, patting it dry and applying cortisone with a clean Q-tip. I will try Epsom salts. She is pretty spunky and hard to catch. Her bottom did look a bit better this morning but still pasty and gooey. It's so hard to clean I don't want to hurt her.

And how do you give a wiggling little chicks bottom a soak?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Well, wiggling chicks can be hard to soak.
If you need to, swaddle her in a thin piece of cloth so she's easier to control, head sticking out of course and soak her bottom through the fabric.

The gooey stuff if probably urates and it is hard to get off. Once you get her cleaned up and dried, apply the anti-inflammatory cream to the vent. Then rub just a little oil (coconut) or vaseline on the down/feathers and skin under the vent to help the urates from sticking so badly.

Is the whole brooder at 95F or is that just one warm spot and the rest is cool?
Place food/water on the cool side of the brooder and make sure the chicks have plenty of room to get away from the heat.

 

[Gardening Gal]

Well, wiggling chicks can be hard to soak.

If you need to, swaddle her in a thin piece of cloth so she's easier to control, head sticking out of course and soak her bottom through the fabric.



The gooey stuff if probably urates and it is hard to get off. Once you get her cleaned up and dried, apply the anti-inflammatory cream to the vent. Then rub just a little oil (coconut) or vaseline on the down/feathers and skin under the vent to help the urates from sticking so badly.



Is the whole brooder at 95F or is that just one warm spot and the rest is cool?

Place food/water on the cool side of the brooder and make sure the chicks have plenty of room to get away from te heat.

 

[Gardening Gal]

I want to thank everyone who gave me advice in my little chick with a pasty butt and prolapse vent. She is doing so good now. No more pasty goo and her bottom looks almost normal now.

She is still small but she is a feisty!
Thanks again!

 

[Gardening Gal]

95° just under the brooder. Food and water are not underneath it. Chicks are all doing great and one almost flew out today! Lol

Thanks for your advice!!