johnsonhillfarm
Songster
- Jul 1, 2021
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I have 9 keets that will be a week old tomorrow and they are doing great. Metzer farms sent vitamins for their water and they all had the runs the first day they were here so stopped that right away. I check their butts each day and have 1 that had a little dried poop and another that had a lot of crusty poop all around the vent, but a lot of it. She did not seem sick or upset, but I took a warm cloth and a q-tip to try and get the poop off. Got most of it off and then using a q tip dabbed a little coconut oil on the vent area. Last night she seemed a little slower and not as quick to come eat goodies out of my hand as the others did, granted her butt was a bit wet (I dried the best I could and for their brooder, they have the ecoglow, and then I have a heating pad on underneath half of the bin the brooder is in and this seems to be the perfect temp for them. They are responding well to it. I checked her butt and it looked a bit red and irritated so I gently put a little more coconut oil on to soothe and she hopped back in with the others. I checked on them every 2 hours last night and she seems fine. Just wondering if I did this right and if there is anything more I can do to help her. She still has some stuck around the vent but did not want to stress her or cause more irritation to take more off at this time.
Here is a video of them. They are so cute!
Here is a video of them. They are so cute!