poo attached to chicks butts??????

[Rooster1235597]

It would seem that there is like some waste attached to their butts or something? I tried to wet a piece of toilet paper and get it off, but its like its attached or something?? I don't understand what this means? How do I get itt off???

 

[Kajunbanty]

Its called Pastey butt. You have to take a warm wet cloth and wash it off. It happen to my bantam chicks that I got from my local feed store. Only lasted about 2 days then they are fine. I have even went to far as to just soak their little backsides in warm water and then dry them well and put them back under a light.

 

[Rooster1235597]

yea if felt attached or something and I didn't wanna oull off a tail but they are oonly 5 days old so idk

 

[MamaJohnson]

Chicks die quickly from pasty butt, and need to be monitored and cleaned regularly. I've seen some that will be pasty one day, fine for two, then pasty the third, fine for two, then pasty the fifth, ect. You just have to keep an eye on them for their first couple of weeks, then they are usually fine. A couple of times I've had a chick with a mass so entwined in their feathers that getting it off what near to impossible. But a careful chick-booty-trim with narrow-nose scissors did the trick fine - only left things a little more drafty in the rear for the chick, but no other issues with the poop after that.

 

[underground chickenman]

You MUST get it off or it could continue to accumulate and block the vent and eventually kill the chick. Just blot it gently with a warm wet sponge, cloth or paper towel. You can also hold just the poopy portion of their backside under a gentle stream of warm water until it softens and you can gently rub or pick it off. Don't pick it off while it is hard and stuck on or you will pull out fuzz and feathers and risk tearing their skin.

UGCM

 

[Keri78]

I checked my babies once a day in the begining for pasty butt and if I saw any poo I would just run warm water over their bum and use my fingers to wash it off. I'm a Mommy so I like my babies to have clean heiny's!!!

Plus I have 4 little boys...ad who wants to snuggle a baby chick with poo on him?

 

[Morgan7782]

One of my BR chicks had the same thing when I first brought them home. The warm towel didn't work, but sure enough I was able to clip the mess off, and easily at that. Now all is fine and dandy

 

[flgardengirl]

I recently 'rescued' a baby chick from a feed store that had a wad of poop stuck to its butt the size of a ping pong ball!!!
Poor thing, I felt so sorry for it. I put it in a very shallow coffee cup filled half with warm water. Keep a hold of the chick so it doesn't slip and leave it for a minute or so. That poop just came right off and it was really petrified on her poor bottom. Used a paper towel with warm water to finish up the job.

 

[emys]

Fresh young grass tips (free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and so on) can be cut up tiny and given to chicks from day 1.

I don't consider this a treat. I consider it enzymes for a healthy digestive tract. I have done this for all my chicks and have never had a problem with pasty butts.

(Be sure to add grit at the same time - clean sand works.)

 

[Rooster1235597]

Thankyou I will try these things and tell u guys what happens in a bit