The Neverending Pasty Vent Question[s]

[nittanyhens]

Hi!

We're totally new to chickens [our borough just allowed laying hens in our little town], and we went and got our seven long-awaited peeps two days ago, from a hatchery recommended by one of our progressive Amish [not as oxymoron-ic as you might think] friends!

They're--of course--freakin' adorable [barred rocks], and everybody's perky!

My question is: Is vent-pasting immediately apparent/visible, i.e. matting fluff because the vent is pasting, or do we go in under the fluff, and dig around a bit?

Thank you!

 

[aidenbaby]

If they have a pasty butt you should be able to see it pretty easily, unless they have really long fuzz (do any chicks have long down?).

 

[LauraSBale]

Pasty butt, you will know, its a hard piece of dark hard poop stuck on their fur and butt, when it gets bad it will close them up and they wont be able to poop,