Is this Pasty Butt or the Umbilical Cord?

[Iluveggers]

My babies are all 3-5 days old. Yesterday one of them had a tiny thread of what looked like crusted poop hanging from her vent. I wet it with a warm paper towel & tried to loosen it up but I don’t want to pull it in case it is poop stuck on the umbilical cord. When I put her down she immediately pooped, so I know it isn’t fully blocked. Today it is still there, and I tried cleaning it again & nothing. It’s not a circular patch, it’s more like a hanging string. I’ve attached a pic. She is pooping though & I feel bad constantly handling her. Should I leave it & observe, or try to get it off? Thanks so much

 

[Jenessa_096]

Clean it again, did you see an umbilical cord?

 

[Iluveggers]

Clean it again, did you see an umbilical cord?

I can’t get all the poop off...it feels really hard. I’ve tried water & coconut oil. I am afraid if I pull too hard I’ll rip something.

 

[Jenessa_096]

We had an instance like this a chick had its umbilical cord and it got poop stuck on it. I tried to clean it but like you said it was all so hard so I left it on and it fell off a couple of weeks later. I don’t know if that’s what you want to do or try to get it off just don’t pull I think it’s dangerous

 

[Hilltop Flock]

The umbilical stump should be more towards their tummy. It looks like pasty butt from the angle of the photo at least.

 

[Iluveggers]

I’ll give them a little break from my prodding & try again in a little bit. You guys recommend coconut oil on a qtip or something else?

 

[Blue Raptor]

It might be pasty butt, but I wouldn’t clean it too much. You might hurt something so I’d just let it be unless it gets too poopy, then just clean it off and wait for a development of the situation.

I’ll give them a little break from my prodding & try again in a little bit. You guys recommend coconut oil on a qtip or something else?

 

[Iluveggers]

It might be pasty butt, but I wouldn’t clean it too much. You might hurt something so I’d just let it be unless it gets too poopy, then just clean it off and wait for a development of the situation.

Thank you. So as long as I see them pooping they won’t die from it, right? I check them like 10 times a day.

 

[Hilltop Flock]

I dip their little heinies in a bowl of warm water. That usually helps it break up in my experience.

 

[Iluveggers]

I dip their little heinies in a bowl of warm water. That usually helps it break up in my experience.

Thank you.