Pasted vent in chickens and how to prevent it:

Posted vent in chickens and how to prevent it:

Vent pasting is a result of so many factors as discussed below.

1. Water availability in the brooder birds that are unable to have easy access to water when they have eaten will get a pasted vent. 

It simply means the feed will not be easily digested, so in the same way, the bird will find a challenge in passing out the firm/dry droppings.
Farmers should provide enough drinkers in the house, and the height of the waterers should be easily accessed by the chicks.

2. Drinker placement;

As a fact, chicks do not drink tea. So when you put water near to heat, they will neglect the water! Which leads to constipation and pasted vent. So water should always be put a distance away from the heaters!

3. Feed texture.

If you are giving chicks self-mixed feed, it should be of very fine texture (almost like flour) for easy digestion. If they are given big particles of feed, the chicks find a challenge in digesting and passing out.
Pelleted feed and crumbles are highly digestible and will not cause you any challenges.

 4. Temperature regulation. 

Farmers should always follow the temperature regulation guide when brooding, putting too much heat in the brooder causes dehydration, vent pasting, panting and increased mortalities. 
A thermometer in the brooder is a must if you do not know how to use behavioural changes of the chicks to regulate temperature.

5. Escherichia coli infections.

One of the most disturbing diseases in the first week of a chick's life is e.coli. It can cause increased mortalities in the first few days, birds unable to stand or walk( usually starts on day 2), birds just resting on their chests helpless! mucus from eyes, at times diarrhoea, and PASTING OF THE VENT.

Prolonged days of glucose usage in the brooder too can cause this! glucose should be used for only 1 day. farmers should therefore select good quality chicks from good breeders, stop receiving chicks without proper disinfection, and clean and disinfect all equipment even if they are new!

 6. Chicks can have their gut blocked by foreign materials which are not fed.

Before the first 30 hours of s chick's life, it cannot differentiate what is feed and what's not feed. We therefore supposed to use brooder paper  in the brooder to help these chicks  not get access to litter /bedding, once they eat and their crops fill up, so that's when they will be able to differentiate feed and water from not edible material
For that reason, we never miss our magical mangrove in the brooder! Our first 6 days  ( layers) or ten days ( broiler) are always made safe with mangrove; which helps us to :
A. Improve appetite
B. Reduce brooder mortality
C. Protect the gut/intestines  against disease 
D. Improve digestion and absorption of nutrients from feed
E. Work on transport stress and all other kinds of stress.
F. Improve growth.