Frizzle chick with sore bottom - Pics

[write2caroline]

I picked up a Frizzle chick at the swap meet today and when I got home I noticed it had some dried poop on its butt so I got the poop off with some warm water and a dish cloth and it looks okay but a little sore and injured. I was really really careful and gentle.

Any suggestions:

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Also it was near the end of the swap so the lady gave me her last three chicks for free - One I noticed had a little boo boo under its eye - Maybe during transport.

What do you suggest?

It was really cold so I have the chicks under a heat lamp - Also I added ACV to their water - they are all eating and drinking fine. I put a little vasaline on the Frizzles bottom to keep it moist. I think I have some bag balm somewhere.

I should have checked it closer when I got it but one of the chicks wanted to hop out of the box so we were just trying to keep them in and safe.

I know the chicks are really tough little critters - any advice is helpful.
Caroline

 

[write2caroline]

I should add, I was told the chick hatched on 1/4/2010
Caroline

 

[chickenchaser99]

is she laying

 

[usschicago1]

Quote:
Obvously not....?





It sounds like your doing everything right. as long as its seperated, and give it some extra protein, it should be fine. also give it some cabbage or something to give it something to do, since that could be the cause. it should heal up in a few weeks.

 

[chickenchaser99]

o i did math wrong i was going to post https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=793&p=1 for prolaps

 

[write2caroline]

okay - the frizzle chick is peeping really really loudly. I got it to drink from a spoon - about a 4th tsp. It is seriously loud. The heat lamp is up high so it is about 80 degrees in the brooder. It is eating the starter crumbles. This frizzle is a bantam and about 4 weeks old. I dipped its beak in the water too because I wanted to be sure it knew where to find water. I guess I am concerned that this little chick is peeping so loud. It has no problem eating food or getting up on the perch Other than its sore little bottom it looks fine. I thought maybe it was too warm. I wanted to be sure it was hydrated which is why I gave it water with a spoon. Would a chick peep so loudly if it was okay?
Caroline - frazzled with the frizzle

 

[write2caroline]

Update: I have watched the little frizzle poop a couple of times but this am it had a little bit of poop stuck on its hind end and later at noon it had another little bit stuck. I removed it with a little water both times. It is eating and drinking fine. It gets around. I am a little perplexed as to why it keeps getting a little poop stuck on its behind. i think it is missing some feathers or maybe it is a frizzle trait not to have a fuzzy butt.

Caroline

 

[purpletree23]

Make sure they have enough room to move away from the heat lamp if they want to. Sounds like it could be too warm.

Trim the feathers on her tiny behind so there is less of a chance of the poop sticking. She is raw on the back end because she was not being taken care of as well as you are taking care of her. After cleaning off the poop dry the poor little thing well and apply vaseline to protest the skin and the poop should stick less. She probably doesn't have any feathers back there because they rotted off from the poop or maybe they were pulled out to get the poop off. They are so much better off with you!

Are the other 2 pooping OK?

This really sounds crazy but it works. Go outside and go to a part of your lawn that has NEVER been fertilized or weeded. Dig up a small piece of sod (for your little group 2X2 would be sufficient. Put the sod in with the chicks. They will peck around and walk through it and investigate. The tiny bits of stuff they eat cures pasty butt. I don't know how but it does. One of those wives tales that work.

Make sure you get some chick grit and sprinkle it on their food. This will get their digestive systems ready for treats like lettuce, broccoli, apple and anything with fiber.

 

[write2caroline]

Update: 2/2/2010

My Frizzle isn't doing so well. It feels really hot to me in the brooder but all the chicks including the frizzle are puffed up. I have started using the bag balm on his butt - which he hates but it is for his own good - haven't added the sod - we don't have much in the yard after the freeze but we have some other green leafy things. I will look for some grasses. - Today I watched him go get water but when I picked him up he threw up - I have never had a chick do that before. I gave him some water from the spoon which he drank. I raised the brooder up higher because I cannot lower the heat lamp further. I need to find my thermometer. It is so hot my face gets flushed. I have a towel on the other half to have a cooler side. I am planning to give them some yogurt today. I can pulverize some chicken egg shells for grit and add it He is eating and drinking and he poops fine - only a little gets stuck on the little protruding thing under his tail.

I think he did lose his little fuzzy feathers. I hate to wash him off much othen than what is needed because he gets chilled and I want hiim warm. I may never get chicks at a swap meet ever again. She had them in a cat carrier with no shavings and it was such a freezing cold day. I think that put them all at risk for illness. I am sure she was a nice lady but she was quick to give the last few to me for free to get rid of them.

The others are doing well - eating and drinking pooping all fine except they all look a little puffy. My house is cold. Between 63 and 65 degrees. We have been keeping the temp way down to save money.

I am going to go back and look at the pictures of my other chicks - I took pictures of them each week and I am thinking that these babies might be younger. They are tiny as bantams but I am just looking at the feather production to guess their age. I was told they hatched on 1/4 but I am wondering if I misheard her and it was 1/14. I was pretty sure she said the fourth though. The big baby huey Phoenix is doubtful as a bantam. It looks like Godzilla in comparison. Some try to get under her wing

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[/img] Some chicks made both pictures but there are only 6.

Caroline

 

[purpletree23]

First...and I can't stress this enough is to make sure they have CHICK GRIT for at least a day before giving them a piece of sod. They need the grit to be able to digest fiber. I want them to pick at the dirt. There is something about it that cures pasty butt unless he has some kind of disease.

Find a spot on your lawn where the snow has melted or blown away. Put a black piece of plastic on it and weigh the plastic down on the edges with boards or rocks. It doesn't have to be a big area. A couple inches by a couple inches is perfect. Use a hammer and chisel to get as piece up if you have to.

Do you have thermometer in the brooder? What is the temp?

Chicks and chickens sometimes throw up when picked up because their crops might full. Try not to handle him too much.

The woman you purchased the chicks from didn't do them any favors by transporting them the way she did. Some people trying to make a buck are cruel.

Make sure the temp in the brooder is correct and give him time to recover.