NY chicken lover!!!!

[marquisella]

My leghorn X wants everyone to know that she DOES feel like going broody. Argh!!

OK, who snuck into my house before I had my morning coffee & took my picture?

 

[Glasshen]

That's a pretty girl, Featherz.

 

[featherz]

That's a pretty girl, Featherz.

Tanks.. she's a leghorn X BO - almost 2 years old and she wants babies! (not going to happen with the other 6 broodies I have).. She's ****** at me.

 

[rancher hicks]

I added the grit because I had read that it can help with the pasty butt...lol!

Pasty butt can be cause by many things not just what they eat.

This is my advice and opinion on the subject. Temperature change and stress can cause pasty butt. However who really care what causes it? For me it's what to do about it. I don't know how to avoid it with shipped chicks so what can I do to fix it?

I have used warm water to clean as much as I can off of the butt. Sometime I don't get it all off but if the hole is not blocked I just watch and clean again so the chick can poop. Eventually it stops.

I think it's more common with shipped chicks than broody hen raised chicks.

I DO NOT feed anything other than chick starter/grower and water. Clean water. NO treats or special things. NO vitamins or supplements. They are babies. The basic feed has everything they need. If I use medicated feed I only feed it for the first few weeks. I don't keep pestering chicks. LET THEM SLEEP. Yes they're cute and I want to cuddle them but they are not the type of pet that benefits from petting and holding and chasing about the brooder.

ALL THESE TREATS AND JUNK ARE JUST ANOTHER WAY TO GET YOU TO SPEND MONEY! CHICKS/CHICKENS DON'T " NEED" THEM!

I wish you well,

Rancher

 

[SAHchickenmom]

I just put ACV in the water for pasty butt :/

 

[Gramma Chick]

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She does look MAD !

 

[Gramma Chick]

It is soooo quiet around here. Butchering is done. The Girls are still looking over their sholder to see if they are going to get jumped, but they will get over it. I only kept one for me. One is going to Horsekeeper and one is going to my ex-husband and his girlfriend. So when all is said and done, I will have ONE rooster. Not to worry....I have ordered another one to go with my auto-sexing girls.......and a couple of marans to get at the picnic...probably one of them will be a roo....so I am not going to be a one roo farm long.

But I can't beleive the quiet. It is sooooo relaxing. I think I'll go back to bed and enjoy the peace.

I found it too quiet at 1st ...with only 1 Roo ...but I adjusted with time .
My Sumatra Hen - TT it turns out she was being protected by skiddy ..
The hens stayed away from him ...so she got the added benefit of not being bothered by anyone .
She really gets pecked at roost time...by the other hens now..

• Sweetpea3829

Pasty Butt (Blocked Vent)
A blocked vent is sometimes due to temperature fluctuations suffered by young chicks or more fragile breeds and can be due to stress. There may be other causes, as well. With young chicks, check the temperature in your brooder to ensure it is not fluctuating significantly.
A blocked vent is fatal if not taken care of quickly. A chick suffering pasty butt must be checked on throughout the day and will probably need treatment several times a day for several days.
Treatment:
Clean use a damp rag to remove poo from vent. If the poo is hard, you can soak the chicks bottom in a dish of warm water or put the chicks bottom under warm running water to help remove it.
Dry thoroughly dry the chick. Leaving a chick wet can reduce its immunity and leave it vulnerable to illness or infection.
Olive Oil once the chick is dry, use a Q-tip to gently apply olive oil around the vent to help prevent poos from sticking too hard.
Apple Cider Vinegar several BYCers add a drop or two of apple cider vinegar to drinking water to prevent or reduce the severity of pasty butt.

 

[SAHchickenmom]

I think I have my DH as addicted to chickens as I am! I talked him into building me a cabinet incubator. It will be big enough to hold 3 egg turners! I can not wait!

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. The brats spent their first night out in the coop and they did just fine. We made sure to close up everything as it was chilly last night and I got some suspicious chirps this morning when I opened the doors but when they saw me it was all good. Much more room for them to run around and be chicks. The boys are really sparring with each other now. Six weeks old and they are already a pain in the ***! I call them the canning jar boys. They are certainly eating a lot more.

I have had trouble with pasty butt in the past but not this year. I used a probiotic in the water for the first few days after hatching and nobody got it. I was reading an article in my poulty magazine about it and it said that chicks raised by momma are exposed to the good gut bactieria being with her in the coop whereas chicks in a brooder are not and so they dont ingest any of it and have issues with pasty butt. I already had the probiotic powder from when I used it for the terrorists during their molt so I tried it with the chicks. Not one of the 54 got it. Just my two cents worth.

Another beautiful day today but I am off to the pharm. Have a good day everyone.

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

Morning all.  The brats spent their first night out in the coop and they did just fine.  We made sure to close up everything as it was chilly last night and I got some suspicious chirps this morning when I opened the doors but when they saw me it was all good.  Much more room for them to run around and be chicks.  The boys are really sparring with each other now.  Six weeks old and they are already a pain in the ***!  I call them the canning jar boys.  They are certainly eating a lot more.  

I have had trouble with pasty butt in the past but not this year.  I used a probiotic in the water for the first few days after hatching and nobody got it.  I was reading an article in my poulty magazine about it and it said that chicks raised by momma are exposed to the good gut bactieria being with her in the coop whereas chicks in a brooder are not and so they dont ingest any of it and have issues with pasty butt.  I already had the probiotic powder from when I used it for the terrorists during their molt so I tried it with the chicks.  Not one of the 54 got it.  Just my two cents worth.  

Another beautiful day today but I am off to the pharm.  Have a good day everyone. 

I use both ACV and probiotics in the chicks water and my hatched never have a problem and the ones I got from TSC it cleared them up within a day or two.