What? Butts

Ok so as you guys know we have 12 healthy little fluffy additions to our little farm that just happen to be living in the house with us for the time being. Well one Sunday I took them out in the yard to see grass. Which by the way is the coolest thing ever to a chick that lives inside a house, and I noticed 4 or 5 pasty butts (yes that is a technical term).

So what is pasty butt? Well that is when their droppings get stuck in their fluff instead of falling to the ground and it clogs up the works like a cork. Problem is its fatal so yea you have to clean the poop off their rears.

So what do you do about it? You stick them in some water to let it soften up and wipe it off gently now make sure it's warm or the poor little things could freeze to death.

Ok so back to what happened on our adventure outside. We got out a tub and had a chicken bath.  I cleaned them off and about a week one little chick had it again. This time was the Hubby's turn to clean. Anyway we haven't had any problems since then and they are all growing.

Tip: If your chick already has its wing feathers and has a tendency to fly then you might do it in a bath tub or a storage tub with higher sides because they will not keep their butts in the water where they need to be for this to work.