HELP! Pasty Butt?

[chickpip]

Hi,

Everything was going great with my 6&7 day old chicks... then I noticed that one of my chicks was sleeping a lot.. (was still running around,flying chirping).. So I picked him/her up and saw 2 big clumps of poop on its bottom. I don't know if it is really pasty butt because it wasn't blocking. I cleaned some of it off and figured the other pieces would just dry off? Then I picked up the other chicks and a couple of them have poop sticking their butt also. What am I doing wrong? Never had this issue before. I'm getting really nervous now because that one chick had been sleeping a little bit more than the other but I figured he/she was just tired because it was still acting normal. Should I just put some Vaseline on their bottoms to keep it from sticking? One of them is also having loose brown stool...

 

[granmahen]

It just happens with some. At least one in every batch would have pasty butt, we just got into the habit of checking and cleaning a few times a day. Vaseline might help, or just make whatever litter you use stick to butt too. We've clipped the feathers around vents at times. But nothing works like a cotton ball soaked in warm water. It doesn't last too long, really.

 

[paddock36]

I think it just happens sometimes. I would just wash off their bottoms as needed. I have had chicks that this has happened to before and had to wash them off and eventually the pastybutt just stopped.

 

[M@M@2four]

Wash off tehir bottoms in warm water and get it all off...then put vaseline or clear A&D ointment on their bottom--this helps keep the poop from sticking!