Urgent! Help Please

[scrambledmess]

I put my 5-6 week old chicks out in their new coop yesterday. It is free of drafts and I still have a red light for them. Well, I went in tonight and one of the chicks is roosting away from the others. She has poo hanging off her bloody bottom. The poo is mostly sawdust. I checked the other chicks they seem fine. I watched them for several hours yesterday and even watched tonight when I fed them. I didn't observe any of them eating sawdust. But apparently this one did. What do I do now. I made her drink lots of water. I cleaned her off and tried to gently remove as much as I could. Then I put some butt paste on her sore bottom. I am going to force water again before bed. Can I give her some veggie oil to help lube?

What can I do for her? Anything else?

There is no room in their brooder any longer. They were blooding each other pretty severely. I could remove the sawdust, but I have nothing else to put there in that large space. I have their play pen I could put them back into. But it is not at all secure against predators and they were already trying to fly out during their play time yesterday.

 

[wildorchid053]

remove her and put her by herself so you can keep an eye on her.. is there blood in the poop or blood from where she is pecked? is she on medicated food? you need to post this in emergencies and someone can better help you.. if she is indeed pooping blood is there a chance she has coccidia? spelling?

 

[faykokoWV]

I would yogurt and make sure she has grit. Polyvisol without iron may give an energy boost.

Is she actually pooping saw dust or is sawdust stuck to the poo?

 

[scrambledmess]

I didn't realize there was an Emergency section. Never looked that far..

She is actually pooping sawdust. There is no blood "in" the poop. Her vent is bloody from pooping out the sawdust and not from pecking.

I will post in Emergencies too.