When do chicks grow out of pasty butt?

[cluckmecoop7]

Hey all,

I was wondering when chicks outgrow pasty butt? Mine are a few weeks old and they don't have it anymore....as far as I know. Do they grow out of it that soon? (I hope so)

Thanks,

Cluckmecoop7

 

[ShrekDawg]

Well, pasty butt is typically a result of the temperature in the brooder being too hot so it usually has a lot less to do with age and a lot more to do with the temperature in the brooder. If your chicks are, or were, getting it frequently, then it usually means the temperature in the brooder is too hot and/or they are not drinking enough water. You can try to raise the lamp up a bit if you are using a heat lamp or move them to a bigger brooder or a cooler place or even outside. And chicks brooded outdoors typically experience less issues with pasty butt and feather out faster. Chicks under a broody rarely, if ever, get it, as far as I know. I used the Mama Heating Pad (MHP) method with mine and I never had any issues with pasty butt. At least not from using the system. The only issue I had was I had one chick get it in the first few days and die at 6 days old but that was only because a family member kept turning the heat in the bathroom where they were being brooded up really high and they also had the MHP so they were just way way overheated and I noticed too late. I tried to tell them not to turn the heat up but every time I would turn it down, they would turn it back up. They were only trying to be helpful and thought the chicks were “cold” but it cost a chick it’s life. But if they had been brooded outside or the heat in the bathroom had been left off or low, I think I would have had zero incidences with pasty butt. It is a great system. Here is a link to the thread about it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update.956958/

But anyway, heat lamps work just fine, and you can adjust them to try to get the temperature right so you have less issues with pasty butt. But that said, some chicks no matter what you do are just more prone to it I think and will still get it.

But I believe the biggest risk for it is the first week or two and then after that I think they generally have less risk and susceptibility for it. But I may be wrong on that.

But some chicks never get it. Depends on how they are raised and also, I think, genetics.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Thanks.

BTW, I have a heat plate.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Thanks.

BTW, I have a heat plate.

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

 

[cluckmecoop7]

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

Yes, they are. But they are safer than heat lamps.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

Yes, they are. But they are safer than heat lamps.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

Yes, they are. But they are safer than heat lamps.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

Yes, they are. But they are safer than heat lamps.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

Yes, they are. But they are safer than heat lamps.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

No problem.

And those are great too! And essentially the same thing. Only reason I didn’t go with one was cause they are more pricey haha

Yes, they are. But they are safer than heat lamps.