Can someone please tell me what is happening

[wkshaddon]

I noticed a rotting smell when I picked up my aunts hen, so I inspected her and found the area around her vent seems to be caked with this yellow stinky pasty stuff. Gave her a soak and then washed the area with Dawn dish soap. Which made a small improvement. I tried to remove some of the pasty yellow gunk and she wasn't having none of it. I'm assuming it's probably painful. Does anyone know how I can help her feel better? Sorrv for the graphic photos. She's the only hen with this issue.

 

[GodLovesU]

Can you fill out this template:
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use

 

[Bawkbok]

I have found that mineral oil on a Q-tip or cotton swab will be more effective at removing caked on vent gunk if the dawn dish soap didn't get it all. It is also soothing to the raw skin.
What do her poops look like? (other than what's attached to her booty)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'd treat as Vent Gleet.

Use an anti-fungal or yeast cream on the vent. Is her crop emptying or do you notice any yellow or white pasty material inside the beak?

 

[wkshaddon]

Can you fill out this template:
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use

She is a Brahma, age approx.4, guessing around 6 lbs, definitely not on the thin side, her vent has a rotting smell and doesn't want it touched or cleaned, has a yellowish build up around the outer edge, no signs of trauma, no signs of trauma, she eats all flock mixed with scratch grains, cooked noodles, fresh kitchen food scraps, and forages in the garden after fall harvest. Drinks well water, poo is usually wet and small for her size. Gets caked in her butt fluff a lot. Found a big maggot filled hole below her vent in early summer (still gives me the willies..poor girl) self treated, and I give her an Epsom salt warm water soak once a week or so. And I considered seeing what yogurt would do on the area affected area that I'm guessing is some kind of bacterial or yeast infection. But idk.

 

[Daisy June]

I noticed a rotting smell when I picked up my aunts hen, so I inspected her and found the area around her vent seems to be caked with this yellow stinky pasty stuff. Gave her a soak and then washed the area with Dawn dish soap. Which made a small improvement. I tried to remove some of the pasty yellow gunk and she wasn't having none of it. I'm assuming it's probably painful. Does anyone know how I can help her feel better? Sorrv for the graphic photos. She's the only hen with this issue.

Poor girl I wonder if she can be treated with Monistat or the like. Anything you put on it might burn, so try Calmoseptine before applying anything else. Coat the area well. I look forward to see what others say about the Monistat suggestion.

 

[Eggcessive]

Wyorp Rock already suggested yeast cream, such as Monistat/miconazole, and clotrimazole may be less expensive at Dollar Tree. The mineral oil or baby oil can be used to try to get the yellow crud off in the beginning. I would stop any extras in her diet, and stick to her balanced chicken feed mostly, and perhaps a little scrambled egg occasionally. A probiotic in her diet daily for a week, then twice a week might help her gut bacteria. Here is a good article on vent gleet:
https://www.tillysnest.com/2012/12/vent-gleet-prevention-and-treatment-html/

 

[Tookie]

Back in October I had a hen who had something similar to that. It smelled terrible and was pretty gross. It wasn't that yellow and it looked more scabby, when I picked the stuff off she bled some and had raw skin underneath.
I gave her a bath to clean her up, and applied some anti fungal cream. I did that a few times because it would come back. After those few times it didn't come back.