Silkie thread!

[Iluvmysilkies]

Three of my babies do seem to be having the pastey butt problem including this one, but none of them besides this one is acting this wat. Ive been trimming the fluff and hard poo pieces away, and then wiping it the best I can but theres always a hard crust all around it even when it seems clear enough. Am I suppose to wipe away every single hard spots even if its not blocking the exit? Will just having it around the area be making her sick?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Hi everyone, I'll be getting silkie chicks Tuesday and I'm so excited these will be my first silkies , I was just wondering if there is a way to tell the difference between a bearded and non-bearded silkie chicks!?
I'll be getting them from a hatchery and will be white an black ones they don't say nothing else if they are bearded or not when I go to pick them up I wanted it hopefully get bearded but either works I was just curious! Thanks

They are quite different .

The last 2 are bearded.

 

[subhanalah]

Three of my babies do seem to be having the pastey butt problem including this one, but none of them besides this one is acting this wat. Ive been trimming the fluff and hard poo pieces away, and then wiping it the best I can but theres always a hard crust all around it even when it seems clear enough. Am I suppose to wipe away every single hard spots even if its not blocking the exit? Will just having it around the area be making her sick?

is your brooder too hot or too cold?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Three of my babies do seem to be having the pastey butt problem including this one, but none of them besides this one is acting this wat. Ive been trimming the fluff and hard poo pieces away, and then wiping it the best I can but theres always a hard crust all around it even when it seems clear enough. Am I suppose to wipe away every single hard spots even if its not blocking the exit? Will just having it around the area be making her sick?

I run warm water and as gorse as it sounds gently rub the the poop away. Towel dry and keep warm. I started adding apple cider vinegar to the water, as soon as I see pasty butt. Just a half a teaspoon will do it. Scramble some eggs and add a dollop of plain Greek yoghurt to it. The chick saver has will help also.

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

I dont think so. I have a 250 watt bulb at the top rim of the big bucket they are in. All the other 5 are very spirited and healthy. They dont sleep right under it but they always sleep right on the side of the light next to their feeders. And theres still plently of room beyond that to move away from the heat if needed. Its just this chick that is acting so lethargic and not eating/drinking unless forced. Just wants to sleep. Its also the smallest one. I dont know if that makes a difference. It seemed fine the first day but its just noticeably not acting right. Its not spunky like the others, and its not even caring to eat or drink

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

Thanks fancy, do you wipe their butts every day even if their vent part is clear but its still hard all around it? If thats the case it would be like this everytime they pooped lol. Can they spread it around to the chicks who dont have it? So adding apple cider vinegar to very young chicks is perfectly safe? I think their waterer is a quart. Its just the small basic red chick feeders you get anywhere. Would I just put a half teaspoon in there? And whats the benefit of doing this, how does it help? And what causes pastey butt to even happen? Is it a bacteria?

 

[Michelle27]

Thank you! Hopefully I'll be able to tell

 

[Fancychooklady]

I dont think so. I have a 250 watt bulb at the top rim of the big bucket they are in. All the other 5 are very spirited and healthy. They dont sleep right under it but they always sleep right on the side of the light next to their feeders. And theres still plently of room beyond that to move away from the heat if needed. Its just this chick that is acting so lethargic and not eating/drinking unless forced. Just wants to sleep. Its also the smallest one. I dont know if that makes a difference. It seemed fine the first day but its just noticeably not acting right. Its not spunky like the others, and its not even caring to eat or drink

Try the scrambled egg.

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

If its not eating though, how do I get it to eat the scrambled egg? She isent interested in anything.

 

[Fancychooklady]

If its not eating though, how do I get it to eat the scrambled egg? She isent interested in anything.

You won't know unless you try it.