Pasty Butt...

[lizzy06019]

I'm keeping on top of the few chicks with pasty butt. They're 4 days old now, drinking and eating like crazy but a few still have pasty butt. I check/clean them twice a day. How long can this last and is there anything I can do to help it pass?

Otherwise everyone is strong, happy and healthy. Thanks!

~Liz

 

[RAWR]

hmmm...i dont really know
i would just clean it up
i had a polish that had a pasty butt, but it cleared up

 

[Sillystunt]

Sometimes a little vaseline on the bumm helos. Also, when the heat source is to close to the food...............they tend to get it more. WHY, i have noooo clue!

 

[RAWR]

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i would have never thought of that thats a really good idea!

 

[tnchickenut]

It will last until they feather out. It's the fuzz getting in their way of their poop that is the issue... so they get feathers back there... they get "cured" lol.

I always just keep the area clean. It doesn't take long before it isn't a issue anymore. At least in my opinion.

 

[bantyshanty]

I find that my chicks almost always get pasty-butt at 3-4 days.
3 things work for me.
Using a humidifier in the brooder room seems to help a lot. After I clean each pasty but the first time,
I trim all the fuzz really short with tiny scissors & goop on vaseline for a few days, and no more pasty butt.

If I remember to get the brooder area humid up to 35-40% the second day, they don't get pasty butt.

 

[Chieftain]

If you have one that gets too messy, take her to the kitchen sink, and run the water until it is warm, use a gentle spray and a Q-Tip and gently wash it clean. Then just kind of blot the little critter fairly dry with a clean kitchen towel, and put it back in the brooder under the lamp. It'll dry out in no time, and might solve the problem for a few days, at least. Worked for me...

 

[chickenwhisperer]

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Can anybody elaborate on this?

 

[FortWorthChicks]

I gave mine chick grit at about days and it cleared up pretty quick.

 

[aimeeinwv]

mine don't usually get it after a week or two. My son likes to take Pasty Butt duty... but that means bringing Mom the chicks to clean! LOL!