vent gleet

  1. C

    Medistatin dosage for Orpington with vent gleet?

    I have a chicken with a poopy butt that I assume is vent gleet as I have de-wormed with valbazen and treated with Corid (just in case) I have given her yogurt and put acv in water, given her baths and trimmed butt feathers and no change. Going on 2 months and I’m so frustrated that I can’t seem...
  2. F

    Help! Open mouth breathing, hiccups/sneezing and yellow vent discharge

    Hello all and thank you in advance for your advices. our 7 month silkie started breathing with open mouth ( no sound or foul odor) for the last 2 days. she was lethargic yesterday but seems more active today, eventhough she was laying with closed eyes a few times today too.. she has weird...
  3. aliciaFarmer

    Vent gleet question

    I discovered this morning that one of my hens, a Partridge Cochin, appears to have vent gleet. I've read up on how to treat this naturally but wonder if there's anything else that could look like that just to make sure? Her vent and booty feathers are covered in white poop. Yesterday it looked...
  4. JessWolo

    Clear liquid from vent

    Hi all! I’m hoping I can get some answers and insight from more experienced duck owners. I have 4 runner girls, about 5 months old. 2 of them just started laying this week (not sure which 2). As of today, I noticed one of my girls just not acting herself. Kind of going off on her own, not...
  5. T

    POSSIBLY URGENT VENT PROBLEMS(slightly graphic)

    Both of these chicks vents were being pecked on by my other chicks when I was at school, by the time I got home they were both bleeding, one worse than the other. The worse one or the white chick in the images below a vent began swelling. Both chicks released vent fleet and these are they're...
  6. S

    Chick with discharge from vent acting lethargic

    Hello I have never had chickens before so my knowledge is VERY limited and I think I need help. I just acquired 8 baby blue laced red Wyandotte’s on the 21st. They are about a week old. The first couple days I had some troubles with pasty butt. I monitored them round the clock and rinsed butts...
  7. chickengirl778

    Vent Gleet?

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) 2 year old Barred Rock, always been rather light but that's normal. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Listlessness, puffed feathers, etc. 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms...
  8. aprilbos

    Hen having Vent and respritory symptoms, bumble foot debating antibiotic treatment

    I have a 15 month old buff Orphington hen. I noticed her limping 4 days ago and has bumble foot. I'm cleaning, soaking in Epsom salt, and wrapping it after applying blu kote and drawing salve. a layer of black scab was already half hanging off and came off on its own or with her help. I need...
  9. ChickenyChickeny

    Vent gleet cures?

    I have two hens with vent gleet. I have been using anti fungal cream; getting gloves on and smearing some around their vents. It helps, but as soon as I stop (putting the anti fungal cream on them), the vent fleet comes right back! Who knows about a more efficient treatment? I appreciate your...
  10. Theerwinhomestead

    Dirty chicken butt

    hey folks so I have a hen who seems to have loose stool her but is always dirty... I have bathed her s few times separated her from the flock, thought it was vent gleet but her vent looks fine, not red or irritated. I’ve been giving her yogurt, put ACV in her water(which molded her water...
  11. Henhenrooroo

    Impacted Crop?

    Facebook and google are leaving me lost today... So a week ago, I noticed my Comet acting a little funny, noticed she had vent gleet and started bathing and putting cream on her... she started being fine again. Today we are lethargic, comb is darkening, won’t eat/drink, and our crop is swollen...
  12. farmhouseonthebay

    HEN WITH VENT GLEET

    3 weeks ago one of m hens died. I found her laying down with her vagina exposed and some oviducts on the ground. Blood all over. I assumed she had prolapsed. Yesterday I was checking on them and noticed another hen had lost feathers around her vent and was a little bloodie. I separated her. She...
  13. BantamAshley

    2 week old chick with white cream bellow vent

    I have a 2 week old seabright who until today has been thriving well. He has been chirping his head off all day, appearing to be in distress. He also has a soft white creamy substance bellow his vent. It is easy to wipe clean, butt comes right back. He has had more loose stools than usual. And...
  14. Coolbrooker

    Hen has cloacitis but I think she could also have Mareks

    Please help, I don't want to lose my flock! (I know if it's cloacitis it's not contagious but I'm afraid that's not the whole story). It started last night when I noticed a hen in the nesting box. I picked her up to put her on the bars, thought she was good and let go. The hen proceeded to fall...
  15. danceonweeds

    Prolapse Vent in older hen with difficultly breathing when reinserting vent

    Hello, I have a heartbreaking question that I would love to get advice on. My bantam hen is about 5 years old, one of my brooder mamas whose idea of a perfect life is to sit in her nest box all day. She is still laying and hasn't had any trouble before. Today I notice her vent was extremely...
  16. K

    Where to buy Nystatin?

    Hello, I have been trying to treat my hen for vent gleet for a couple months now. I've used a regimen of yogurt, cider vinegar, and daily cleaned her rump. Unfortunately, I had to go out fo town for 10 days in there and then had to have surgery and so I've been unable to care for her as I was...
  17. bakern

    Two hens not laying but vent looks inflammed

    Hi I have five hens, two are very old now and don't lay often at all and one is laying perfectly but the two others have stopped totally in the last 10 days. They're not broody, we haven't made any big changes to anything but they won't lay. Today I examined their vents and pulled a long white...
  18. plexiglass

    Small white balls at base of bum feathers?

    I treated both hens affected for vent gleet and while I was doing that I saw small white balls at the base of feathers on their bums. Any idea what that is?
  19. Chickymommy45

    Continuous Vent Gleet

    Hi all! Earlier this year we lost our Black Australorp to a very bad case of vent gleet and starvation (she stopped eating). Since then the 3 remaining hens have all come down with vent gleet about once a month or every 6 weeks. We bathe them, treat with an athletes foot cream, clean the coop...
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