pasting-up

pasting-up
 n.β€” Β«β€œPasting-up” of the rear of baby chicks (feces sticking and drying below and then sometimes accumulating upwards to even cover the vent) may occur following stress or chilling.Β» β€”β€œPoultry” by Jesse Lyons University of Missouri Extension (Columbia, Missouri) Aug. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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