What are these?

[Thedogsbark]

Ah, thank you so much! I was just about to ask what else to do to get it off. We had trouble trying to just wipe it off, so I'll try some of the other suggestions on that thread.

 

[Kiki]

Ive heard baby oil, coconut oil.....warm water.

 

[Stephine]

Mainly it takes patience. With lukewarm water it'll take a few minutes of gentle wiping to soften the deposits enough that they will slide off their fluff. Also, be careful, a little further down towards their belly chicks have a belly button, sometimes this area has some dried up tissue stuck on it. Leave it alone. You can kill a chick trying to clean up their belly button by mistake...

 

[Kiki]

How is your chick this morning?

 

[Thedogsbark]

We managed to finally get the poop off last night by running its butt under some water for a minute or two. All four made it through the night, even the white one. Though after cleaning the poop and making sure I had gotten all of it, I noticed that a little further down on its butt it had no fluff. Is that normal? It was just bare. All the other chicks have fluff on their butts. The white one also seemed to have some diarrhea last night shortly after we got the poop off.

 

[Kiki]

Cocci is "popular" with little chicks.

have you read about it?

The fur may have been pulled off with the stuck poo?

 

[Thedogsbark]

Yes I have. Though I think the chick may have just been a little plugged up so the first poop it did wasn't normal looking. I have seen it poop plenty of times and it looks perfectly normal now. No more poop has gotten stuck to it either so far. It seems perfectly healthy though. Runs around and investigates everything with all the other little ones. Also I had one more question. I want to get them used to humans early in hopes that we can actually handle them when they're older. I'm wondering if putting them in a bathtub or pen or something would be possible? I'm hesitant to do it because I don't want to take them away from the lights and get too cold. Just somewhere that I can maybe sit with them so that they can come up to me and climb on me if they want, rather than just scaring them with my hands in the brooder.

 

[Kiki]

Yes I have. Though I think the chick may have just been a little plugged up so the first poop it did wasn't normal looking. I have seen it poop plenty of times and it looks perfectly normal now. No more poop has gotten stuck to it either so far. It seems perfectly healthy though. Runs around and investigates everything with all the other little ones. Also I had one more question. I want to get them used to humans early in hopes that we can actually handle them when they're older. I'm wondering if putting them in a bathtub or pen or something would be possible? I'm hesitant to do it because I don't want to take them away from the lights and get too cold. Just somewhere that I can maybe sit with them so that they can come up to me and climb on me if they want, rather than just scaring them with my hands in the brooder.

Take them out to the yard...sit in the grass and let them play all around you.
(assuming it's warm enough where you live-i never have to worry about it ever being too cold outside)

 

[drumstick diva]

and please watch out for pet dogs and cats, who may chase after them. Chicks have no defenses against them, and sadly dogs & cats can play but, it's the chick that ends up dead.

 

[Yaychicks]

if you can't move the light, move the ground.

Do you have a big rock, or couple bricks you can place under it to get them closer (if you think they are cold) ?

I usually have one near my light, they seem to like sleeping on it when very little!