Chicks Getting butt clog

[jjackm21911]

so i should put some pine down

 

[zatsdeb]

yes, pine shavings, pine bedding, do not put cedar bedding down though, it is toxic to chicks.

 

[jjackm21911]

i got the yellow shaving which is it i baught it from a friend from a wood shop

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Sometimes baby chicks will eat shavngs. I always use paper towels until they are a little bigger. I used to put the paper towels on top of pine shavings but it makes the food and water spill too easy.

 

[jjackm21911]

yea i hope everything turns out right is the yellow shavings all right cause im doing my best with theese chicks like there my own

 

[Chicken Woman]

I put a tiny dot of vasaline on their butt so the poop would not stick to them so easy.

 

[chandasue]

Mine started to have this problem a couple days after I got them. I added some corn meal to their food with a sprinkle of grit and put them on pine shavings. That worked for me.

 

[cmom]

For the first 2 wks of life my chicks start off in a wire brooder. I put some pine shavings down with some DE in it and it helps dry up the poop and not so smelly. I haven't had any poopy butt. Also having the chicks in the litter, helps the chicks in resistance to cocci. I have never had any problems with any of my chicks.

Here is a picture of my brooder