Would a chicks butt look like this after being cleaned for pasty butt?

[LizGio]

Okay guys I got a box of BLRW chicks. I just noticed now after picking them up this morning, one's butt looks like this.

Does anybody have an idea of what might have happened here? I did contact the person I got them from to see if they have any idea. What should I do? There's a couple others that have really dry butts as well. I soaked all of them in warm water, towel dried them, and put them back under the heat plate. They all have plenty of fresh water and food.

 

[3KillerBs]

P.S. My pasty-butt chick all grown up:

Unless something changes or the runny poop is due to a problem, time and observation is probably all that's necessary.

 

[azygous]

The causes of a swollen vent on a new chick are constipation and careless rubbing of the delicate tissue when cleaning pasty butt. Put a little cortisone cream on the vent. It will soothe the pain (yes it hurts) and reduce swelling.

Hogging the heat is a symptom of failure to thrive. These chicks often have undeveloped organs and don't process nutrients efficiently. They are always cold, therefore they seek heat.

To firm up the stools, boil some rice and then puree it in a blender. You can mix a little applesauce in it. Let all the chicks eat it as it will stimulate this chick to eat. Serve tepid or warm, not cold.

 

[3KillerBs]

Do you know if there's anything that I can put on it topical to help it heal or protect it

The only thing I put on mine was a little olive oil to keep poop from sticking.

I let nature do the healing for fear of using a medication that would make him -- or the others -- sick if they preened/pecked at it.

 

[azygous]

Cortisone won't do anything for missing down. That is not an issue as down can be either abundant or sparse according to the individual, and it's a very temporary and benign thing. Concentrate on the vent that may be sore and swollen. You know, the hole the poop comes out of.

Cortisone is a steroid and acts on swollen inflamed tissue.

Any food you give new chicks has to be finely minced or rendered liquid. Their beaks are much too small and weak to handle any larger particles.

For example, a hard boiled egg has to be cut into tiny, tiny, tiny bits for the chicks to be interested in. Larger bits they will ignore as they can't get them into their beak. Sort of like expecting a toddler to tackle a whole T-bone steak without cutting it up.

 

[nchls school]

In the picture the skin under the vent looks purplish when it should be pink? Sorry, I do not remember BLRW. A discolored abdomen indicates a problem.

 

[3KillerBs]

I've only had one serious case of pasty butt and that's more or less what the poor, irritated, little backside looked like.

It took him a couple weeks for all the swelling and irritation to subside and I kept and eye on him to make sure he wasn't being picked on because of it.

 

[krissyweso]

I would check for mites or louse, and I would keep an eye out to see if the other chicks are maybe picking at her. But it doesn't look inflamed, and I don't see bites, so maybe she's just not growing feathers there yet. I looked in some other threads, and apparently naked butt chicks are a thing!

 

[LizGio]

In the picture the skin under the vent looks purplish when it should be pink? Sorry, I do not remember BLRW. A discolored abdomen indicates a problem.

The picture is kind of crappy. I will try to get a better one tonight.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

The abdomen does look an odd color and distended but my chick's butts dont look like that after a pasty butt cleaning. Maybe a little irritated but that is protruding.