Constipated Buff Brahma! HELP!

[The Lone Free Ranger]

I have a constipated Buff Brahma...5 days old. She is drinking water but I have not seen her eat any food ever since she started acting distressed. I read another post where they had a distressed chick but no one really addressed what to do to help her.

I saw on "Dirty Jobs" one time when Mike Rowe went to a Hatchery and was taught how to make a chick poo. Anyone know how?

This is my first time...I really need help please!?!


P.S. She really trys to push and I can see a mass of poo trying to come out put she just can't seem to push it out.

 

[GhostRider65]

Hi
I think it was my post that noone replied about, my buff Orpington chick is acting distressed like he can't pooh, and has a pasty butt problem but he chirps really loud and stressful, while poofing up his wings and wiggles, is that what yours is going? I brought him up this morning gave him some water with an eye dropper, then cleaned his butt by squirting it with the dropper I did get some pooh out, but he is still acting distressed. So you could try that, my neighbor told me extra water, I'm worried its an internal prolapse I see nothing hanging out but he seems backed up, hope someone replies soon, I'm a newbie too. Kim

 

[debid]

It's easy to oversqueeze a chick and cause enough internal damage to kill it so I think people will shy away from instructing you on how to make a chick poop. Besides, if it has pasty butt or prolapse, you won't solve either problem with a squeeze.

I'd try a warm, damp washcloth to the vent. It's supposed to help relax the muscles and if there is any pasty butt at all, it will help to clear that.

 

[GhostRider65]

What exactly is a prolapse???? Kim

 

[The Lone Free Ranger]

Ok...good news. She did not have pasty butt and when she would push, poo would just barely peek out but that is as far as she could get it. I wiped her little booty with a warm damp cloth, took a cue tip with vaseline and wiped it around and ever so slightly in her butt. I then found the episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery channel. I squeezed her as seen on Dirty Jobs very gently with just a little flinging action. BAM! She pooped A LOT! I put her down and have been watching her for the past hour.

Here is what proceeded during that hour:

She has started pooping by herself again. Pooped a lot and often for a good 15 min. Napped for 10 min. Then she got up and ate, drank, and began preening. She just looks less stressed out!

I sure hope that did the trick. I have now named her "Suerte" which is Spanish for lucky.

 

[chuckzoo]

Good job.

Perhaps you could post the link if someone else is in the same boat it could help them.

 

[debid]

What are you using for litter? I'm just wondering if your chick ate some of it...

 

[The Lone Free Ranger]

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Sure enough! Good idea!

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/dirty-jobs-chicken-sexer.html

 

[The Lone Free Ranger]

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Pine Shavings

 

[zengrrl]

I think this is my issue too, I was thinking if it happened again I was going to soak alittle fuzzy butt in warm water.