New to chick raising and an issue with chick butt

Is this vent gleet in this chick?

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Flysky1347

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Hi everyone I am new to having chicks and Ive had an issue with pasty butt. Online i read to feed chick grit. It helped and they didnt have it the next day. However today i tried removing it. Out of their feed and they seemed to get diarrhea and then pasty butt again by the end of the day. Now I just noticed one chick has missing feathers and an inflammed butt next to its vent. Can anyone tell me what is wrong and what to do?
 

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Is this chick, or are there two you're concerned about, behaving normally? Runny around at top speed, crashing suddenly for a brief nap, and then off to the races again? Or are they lethargic?

I am unable to see anything unusual in either of your photos. Down is not feathers and it appears to disappear when wet. If the vet is red, irritated, and swollen, I am not able to see it, but will have to take your word for it.

Chick vents swell when rubbed since the tissue is very thin. Put coconut oil on any swelling or irritation. It will also help keep poop from sticking.

Many new chick people mistake brown puddly cecal poop for diarrhea when it's a normal, if odious, feature of chicken poop. Diarrhea is very watery and doesn't puddle, it spreads thinly everywhere. Also, a chick with diarrhea will be lethargic due to dehydration. It happens, but it's rare.

Don't worry about grit if all you're feeding is chick crumbles. Chick grit is like sand and can be bought at any feed store. You can offer grit at any time, but no need to mix it into food.

If you want a more nutritious form of chick feed, try fermenting it. Most chicks adore it, and it will usually firm up poops. To ferment, add a cup of warm water to a cup of dry feed. Add a teaspoon of ACV, stir and let sit in a warm place over 70F, stirring a couple times the first day. By the end of the second day you will have a fluffy, yeasty ferment, smelling pleasantly like yeast. As you run low, add more water and feed to the desired consistency come evening. By morning it will be ready for the chicks to eat again.
 
Thank you for your response. The poop seemed to be like diarrhea in consistency since it wasnt as formed as their poop the day before. But the pasty butt keeps coming back. Any suggestions to stop that. The grit seemed to help that issue. All they get aside from it is chick starter and I put probiotics i to their water. They run and eat normally and then crash to sleep. Nobody seems lethargic. I have 5 chicks in total. The one in question is missing fluff on its butt and the area by the vent seems red and inflammed.
 
I'm kind of a chicken newbie but almost all of mine had that when I first got them. I just washed them with warm water and put them back under the heat lamp. They were a little lethargic and I gave them hard boiled eggs & in a few days they were all fine. A more experienced keeper will probably have better info.

Edit; mine also kept coming back for about a week I just stayed diligent with the butt washing
 
Are either of you using Poultry Nutri-drench? If it's mixed into water at 1/4 tsp to one quart, it can help with most new chick issues. If it's mixed any stronger than that, it can cause diarrhea due to the effect of the molasses base.

If you have a lethargic chick, slow, droopy, sleepy all the time, give it a few drops of warm sugar water from time to time. It perks them right up.
 
No I sm just adding a probiotic into the water . Thank you both for the info. I put some vetricyn on the bald inflammed spot and the redness went down overnight. I put some triple antibiotic oitment on it this morning. Fingers crossed.
 
What is the temperature in the brooder or wherever your keeping them? Too high temperature can contribute to the chicks having pasty butt.
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..and probiotics are not needed, I'd hold off on the grit until a week or two old then go easy, just a bit sprinkled on a chunk of sod from the yard.
Healthy chicks should not need anything but a good starter ration and plain water.
 

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