Poopy butt or pasty butt?

[Master S.M.C]

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You can barely tell it has pasty butt

 

[texas_chick]

see having never seen chicken butts before i wasn't sure if it was pasty butt or if a minor amount of poop was normal

 

[chutewoman]

My chicks have pasty butt and compared to mine you could eat off yours!! If that is as bad as it gets I wouldn't bother the poor chick with a good scrubbing. Just my opinion, but I am tired of washing butts, so maybe I am not the one to listen too.

 

[texas_chick]

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You know you totally have a point! The chicks traveled 2 days longer than they should have and are probably exhausted. I don't want to be negligent and lose (another) chick. But I also don't want to torture them to death with the butt wiping either!

 

[chutewoman]

With pasty butt the point of keeping the bottom washed is to be sure the vent does not get totally blocked by a chunk of dry poo, the dried poo would prevent them from expelling the waste from their body, leading to death. Your bottoms look normal for a baby chick, just observe them every now and then to see if they are having trouble going to the bathroom. If they are trying but not going check their bottom for a clog. Dirty butts are part of being babies, most chicks will soon learn to clean themselves after a couple of days on their own.

Your just doing a extra fine job!!

 

[texas_chick]

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Thanks!

I have a 2 year old and a 5 months old -wiping butts is my life...

I'll cut back on it as far as chick butts goes...

 

[cmom]

I had one that had a poopy butt. I cut the fluff short and no more problem and the feathers grew back beautifully. You can't tell who I clipped.

 

[ashtray]

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thats what i plan on doing if they get poopy / pasted / what ever they call it .. i never washed my kids butts when they were babies so i aint going be washing no birds crack either

 

[texas_chick]

I gave up. Once I stopped wiping while it was still wet it got really crusty once it dried so ... I carefully gave it a little trim.
It's not like she's out in the cold. A little bare bottom will be less trouble for her than carrying all that poop on her fluffy behind or me constantly wiping!

 

[Judy]

I understand we need to unclog a blocked vent. But I can't believe it is good for them to be trying to clean off drips and chunks that are blocking nothing. All that restraining, all that trauma....

I wonder if, in borderline cases, we would not be better off using a little Vaseline or Neosporin (which is in a Vaseline type base) and just dabbing it on to soften things up, so clogging does not occur. I have been experimenting with this with my 50 or so chicks who are less than a week old, and have not had to unclog any vents since I started. Anyone else go at it this way?