When to treat a chick for pasty butt

[Waterwitch232]

I just got my chicks in the mail about an hour ago and a couple have pasty butt. Should I treat this now or let them settle in first for a little bit? I don’t want to add more stress, but I know it can be fatal to a young chick. They all seem to be doing very well. Eating, drinking and being chicks!

 

[Lifeiseasy]

I just got my chicks in the mail about an hour ago and a couple have pasty butt. Should I treat this now or let them settle in first for a little bit? I don’t want to add more stress, but I know it can be fatal to a young chick. They all seem to be doing very well. Eating, drinking and being chicks!

You should probably clean it up now so it doesn’t get worse. They’ll have plenty of time to settle in and it also gets them used to you handling them.

 

[Waterwitch232]

You should probably clean it up now so it doesn’t get worse. They’ll have plenty of time to settle in and it also gets them used to you handling them.

Ok thank you!

 

[chickens really]

Rinse it's butt under warm water and apply Vaseline to its butt to prevent further pasty butt issues..Be aware of the umbilical too..