Yesterday I bought 3 silkie chicks from a man who to me seemed a bit shady, but the chicks were cute and i wanted to save them, so i got the tiniest chick i have ever seen and two others. being a new chicken mom, i have 7 wk olds, 4 3 wk old marans, and now these guys. i new to check for pasty but, and the tiniest one, willow, didnt have pasty butt, she had cement butt!!! even tho she appeared to be eating and drinking and getting along well with the others, the cement ball appeared to be covering her clochea, or whatever it is, her hole. so i used running warm water and soap and worked on it for several minutes to get it off of the skin and then to remove from the feathers. i succeeded, but there was a little red object protruding from the hole and it had a tiny but of bleeding around it. is this a male penis? did i hurt my little guy? he is chirping constantly and its still seeping tiny bits of blood. i used a cotton ball and smeared a little antiobiotic ointment over it, being sure not to occlude it with ointment, but figured it needed something...as i am a nurse. so any advice would be much appreciated, i love this little creature and want to help it.
