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scrambledmess

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Sep 26, 2008
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I posted this in Raising Baby Chicks, more added at the end:

I put my 5-6 week old chicks out in their new coop yesterday. It is free of drafts and I still have a red light for them. Well, I went in tonight and one of the chicks is roosting away from the others. She has poo hanging off her bloody bottom. The poo is mostly sawdust. I checked the other chicks they seem fine. I watched them for several hours yesterday and even watched tonight when I fed them. I didn't observe any of them eating sawdust. But apparently this one did. What do I do now. I made her drink lots of water. I cleaned her off and tried to gently remove as much as I could. Then I put some butt paste on her sore bottom. I am going to force water again before bed. Can I give her some veggie oil to help lube?

What can I do for her? Anything else?

There is no room in their brooder any longer. They were blooding each other pretty severely. I could remove the sawdust, but I have nothing else to put there in that large space. I have their play pen I could put them back into. But it is not at all secure against predators and they were already trying to fly out during their play time yesterday.

She has pooped several times since I posted this earlier. It is still sawdust, but there seems to be more "green/brown" in it now. Still thick and dry though. I have gotten her water, several times. I will probably go once more to get her to drink again. She is not sitting separate any longer and is wanting to be back with the other girls under the light. I will also put more butt paste on her before I go to bed. I don't have another light, waterer, feeder to separate her from the others. Any suggestions on how I could do that without these things? Could I give her some veggie oil to help lube her? Her vent is very bloody (not the poo) from passing this roughage.​
 
I would say moving them off of the sawdust and putting them on shavings. The sawdust probably looks too much like food to her, whereas they shavings are much bigger. I would also suggest separating her until she gets better, because if the other chicks see the bright red bottom, they may be likely to peck at it.
 

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