Pasty Butt in week-old chicks

[mybackyardhobbyfarm]

I’ve got 6 bantam birchen Cochin chicks. 2 of them have had pasty butt since I got them(about a week). I’ve been cleaning thier bums regularly with warm wetted paper towel sponge. After that I put coconut oil on and around thier vent to soothe and loosen their fluff. Is there anything more I can be doing ? These two are starting to be noticeably smaller then the others. What helps pasty butt?

 

[ChickNanny13]

You could add ACV (with Mother) to their water (1T/gal), or Vitamins/Electrolytes, or gatorage ... What are you feeding them? How are you keeping them, they could be too warm.

 

[mybackyardhobbyfarm]

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You could add ACV (with Mother) to their water (1T/gal), or Vitamins/Electrolytes, or gatorage ... What are you feeding them? How are you keeping them, they could be too warm.

I will look into the apple cider vinegar, and maybe I’ll cut back on the heat.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Are you using a heat lamp? Do you have a thermometer to check the heat?
What are you feeding them? You can wet their chick starter too.

 

[AJT]

I have the same problem but the one chick I have with Pasty Butt is only 2 days old. The heat couldn't be a problem??, as the chicks(8 of them) are in a "mama" brooder and I checked the temp as 95 touching "mama"'s skeleton. Ambient temperature in my tractor shed is 35 - 50, so they run out eat, drink, scratch around and run back to mama.
I cleaned the chick, added ACV to the water. Another of the threads said to make sure the chicks have grit (doing that now). One piece of advice, after you wash your chick's butt a hair dryer on warm flufs up the feathers/down better than any towel I used could dry her. Thanks for all the advice everyone offers.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Some of my chicks had that too. I just gently took it off when it got bad, and eventually it went away.