Official BYC Poll: How Do You Prevent Pasty Butt in Your Chicks?

[BlackHenCoop]

I don’t know the exact kind, because i haven’t had to buy it I a while, but it’s some kind of purple stuff. It helps with all kinds of chicken issues

i don’t know the exact brand, its been a few years since we’ve had any emergency where we’ve had to use it. But it helps with everything chicken related! feather loss, severe injury, injury, pasty butt, and even if you just want to dye your chickens feathers purple (this is a joke but the medicine does stain feathers )

Oh? I did not mean to reply twice- I had a message going about to send last night and forgot about it- guess I did send it…

 

[Selsharesthan]

We just experienced pasty butts with our chicks. The food you are giving them is causing it. If you are giving them Purina Start&Grow Medicated - you will have pasty butts. Switch to Nutrena Nature Wise Chick Starter Grower 18% protein crumble medicated. Voila - no more pasty butts!

I'd personally only use the medicated recipe for meat birds. Thiamine deficiency can be pretty bad for chickens. But yeah, I use the starter/grower, 16% layer feed, and I give mine the high protein scratch as well. It's supposed to be given every other day, but I give it daily since I have heavily feathered Wyandottes and heavy laying White Leghorns. It's got a pelletized supplement in it similar to Calf Mana and very little grain compared to other scratch, so it's more of a feed than a treat.