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[Goosebaby]

Pasty butt is what baby chicks get when they get “backed up.” Can be due to too much heat or improper diet, even stress. Laying hens can get a dirty butt or vent gleet which yes can be indicative of health issues but I don’t believe salmonella is one of them. Worms yes, but it can also just be extra fluffy down feathers that catch poop. I have several chickens that need their bottoms trimmed regularly. But pasty butt is not the correct terminology for anything other than baby chicks.

Thank you for explaining the differences.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I thought pasty butt was from worms or salmonella.

Not all dirty butts are from worms. Sometimes it's just a dirty butt.

Salmonella? Birds would be very ill. Could have a dirty butt, but very ill.