champignon
In the Brooder
- Jul 28, 2018
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Hi all. I posted about this yesterday in the guinea fowl forum, but thought maybe I might get more response here.
I have six 9 or 10-day old keets (exact hatch day uncertain, purchased from feed store).
On days 5-7 a few of them had pasty butt but that seemed to clear up after I stopped using the pine shavings the feed store sold me as bedding.
Everyone is eating, drinking, making happy sounds, and alternating between running around and napping. None of them are acting like they don't feel well. However...
Friday night I noticed this one with a dirty butt/belly (pictures show before and after cleaning). The poop is NOT thick and crusted onto the vent, so this seems different from the earlier pasty butt. All the other keets have clean, fluffy bellies.
I separated this one from the others yesterday and began giving Corid in water (to everybody, at 2 tsp per gallon). It's the only thing I could find at my Tractor Supply that seemed possibly helpful. I did not see any poultry antibiotics at my Tractor Supply. My livestock vet specializes in ruminants, but maybe I can get something from her, if recommended.
The poops in the separated one's enclosure do not look highly abnormal (compared with the poops in the other enclosure anyway---I have very limited experience here!), but there's often very white, wet-looking poop on its butt when I check.
This morning, it looks like a second keet might be developing whatever this is. I'm monitoring but I'm not sure yet.
Does anyone recognize this and know what to do about it?
The one keet who is separated seems really stressed out about being alone (lots of loud calling). If the second keet really is developing the same thing, I will put it in with the other, but at that point, haven't they all been exposed and is separation worth it?
Thanks for any help or advice...
Additional info:
The keets have heat bulbs keeping one end of their enclosures at 90F. They are on paper towels, which are changed 2 or 3 times a day. They have grit and are eating ground up game bird starter (28% protein). Last Wednesday I began giving them clover and grass clippings. Today I gave them their first mealworms, which was extremely exciting for everyone, including DirtyBelly here.
I have six 9 or 10-day old keets (exact hatch day uncertain, purchased from feed store).
On days 5-7 a few of them had pasty butt but that seemed to clear up after I stopped using the pine shavings the feed store sold me as bedding.
Everyone is eating, drinking, making happy sounds, and alternating between running around and napping. None of them are acting like they don't feel well. However...
Friday night I noticed this one with a dirty butt/belly (pictures show before and after cleaning). The poop is NOT thick and crusted onto the vent, so this seems different from the earlier pasty butt. All the other keets have clean, fluffy bellies.
I separated this one from the others yesterday and began giving Corid in water (to everybody, at 2 tsp per gallon). It's the only thing I could find at my Tractor Supply that seemed possibly helpful. I did not see any poultry antibiotics at my Tractor Supply. My livestock vet specializes in ruminants, but maybe I can get something from her, if recommended.
The poops in the separated one's enclosure do not look highly abnormal (compared with the poops in the other enclosure anyway---I have very limited experience here!), but there's often very white, wet-looking poop on its butt when I check.
This morning, it looks like a second keet might be developing whatever this is. I'm monitoring but I'm not sure yet.
Does anyone recognize this and know what to do about it?
The one keet who is separated seems really stressed out about being alone (lots of loud calling). If the second keet really is developing the same thing, I will put it in with the other, but at that point, haven't they all been exposed and is separation worth it?
Thanks for any help or advice...
Additional info:
The keets have heat bulbs keeping one end of their enclosures at 90F. They are on paper towels, which are changed 2 or 3 times a day. They have grit and are eating ground up game bird starter (28% protein). Last Wednesday I began giving them clover and grass clippings. Today I gave them their first mealworms, which was extremely exciting for everyone, including DirtyBelly here.
