Chick with sealed vent

[Arosie]

I picked up a RIR chick from the feed store and it had a sealed vent. I cleaned it off... it was all hard and dried on. I feel a hard lump in her abdomen. Is there anything I can do to help her to eliminate and get better?

 

[casportpony]

Can you post a picture of her vent? That hard lump in her belly is probably her gizzard. The gizzards are easily felt in you chicks & ducklings.

 

[Arosie]

I don't have a picture right now, but it looks all fluffy and normal now that I washed it off. She did end up going poop. I felt another chick that hadn't had a sealed vent and I couldn't feel a hard spot in there, so I thought it strange that she did.

 

[raingarden]

When they vent sex chicks thay are feeling for a little bump that indicates a male.

 

[Arosie]

They sexed her as a pullet so it doesn't seem like that would be it.

 

[casportpony]

As long as they can poop normally they should be fine.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

They sexed her as a pullet so it doesn't seem like that would be it.

She is probably just backed up due to the pasty butt. She will finish pooping everything out in a little while. Sometimes they get pasty butt a few more times, so just continue to wash any dried poop that's stuck, and she will be just fine.

 

[NatJ]

When they vent sex chicks thay are feeling for a little bump that indicates a male.

Vent sexing involves looking, not feeling.

Any "bump" that indicates gender would be too small to feel, and would be in the vent not the abdomen.

 

[Arosie]

Thank you for the tips. Thankfully, after I cleaned her up the first time she pooped and then all went back to normal. No more pasting!