OK,I give up

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Please let me point out that chicks can and do die from pasty butt. As ooky as it can be to clean poop off little tushies, you do need to stay on top of it.

I had a hen hatched chick fall out of the coop and not figure out how to get back in again. By the time I got home from work she had been out for a bit. I quickly hauled her in the house and warmed her up, got some electrolytes in her and all that. Her little tushie was caked so I cleaned that up as well. I did it again the next morning and thought all was well. I made the decision to leave her at home under the lamp while I went to work instead of hauling the whole set up to work with me. By the time I got home she had posted up again and was not doing well. By that evening she died.

I know there were many factors at play, but I wonder if I had taken her to work and stayed on top of cleaning her tushie if she would have made it.

(By the way, that is the only hen hatched and raised chick I've ever had show signs of pasty butt. Dunno why. Lower stress maybe?)

 

[desertgirl]

Update-after switching back to mollases, this evening they seem to be ok. Temperature is still ok, and as for earlier-it was blocking the vent. I cleaned them, "basted" their backsides with baby oil (and trimmed their butt fuzz to prevent any clumping that might lead to pasting).They are 12 days old...and they need to quit this!!!!

I had initially tried the ACV route, but it didn't seem to work for them.