Yes. It's another pasty butt question.

[nchls school]

You have gotten a lot of good advice. The only thing I can add is to remove all feathers around the vent area. It may look odd but makes it easier to keep the vent clean. I also use vaseline.

 

[Stephine]

Sorry for the confusion. Pasting up is linked to stress - one stressor is an inadequate temperature. It can be caused by temps that are too hot or too cool. Most people overdo it with the heatlamps and so it is more common to have poopy butts as a reault of a brooder that is too warm, but a brooder that is too cold would do the same. I hope that clears it up! If you use a heat lamp or emitter bulb, place them over one end of the brooder so they have a warm spot to go to, but also an area to go to cool off. Look where they tend to hang out and sleep and take your cues
from that. If you never see them sleeping close to the light it is time to raise the lamp because they are too warm. When you raise the lamp
make sure to move it further over to the end of the brooder so you don’t make a bigger warm zone. I used to have my lamps right over the side of the brooder (a metal trough)... Otherwise, next time dab some vaseline on her tush and try adding some oat meal to the feed. Good luck!

 

[aart]

Isn't it usually that the temp is too high? I thought that was one of the common things that caused pasty butt.

No..If they get cold they get pasty butt.

It can be too cold or too hot....more commonly is too hot tho.

I soak, chickie sitz bath, hold em down.
Clean 'em off once, if it happens again tiny wipe of oil under vent.
3rd time something is wrong... temp wrong, feed/water wrong.

 

[chickens really]

It can be too cold or too hot....more commonly is too hot tho.

Hmm? Not what I was taught. ..Too cold pasty butt. Too warm they helicopter and pant.

 

[Stephine]

Hmm? Not what I was taught. ..Too cold pasty butt. Too warm they helicopter and pant.

The panting and wing spreading is an immediate reaction to being too hot - they try to cool off. The pasting up is a result of the heat stress - for a little chick having to work hard to keep the body temperature in range is stressful on their system.
As an aside: tiny chicks don’t necessarily pant or spread their wings the whole time if too hot. They will get lethargic and sleep a lot...

 

[aart]

Hmm? Not what I was taught...Too cold pasty butt. Too warm they helicopter and pant.

Either too hot or too cold can cause pasty butt...and yes they can also pant and spread to if too hot.