Hen with dirty vent, mustard colour poos. Advice pls!

[StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff]

First time chicken keeper, so please bear with me!

I collected 3 rescue hens 5 days ago - so I am assuming they are around 18 months old.

One of them clearly has a health problem, but I am not sure what it is. She appears to have no feather loss apart from her tail and around her vent – the other 2 rescue hens have an oven ready look about them.

She is eating and drinking and moving around normally. Other 2 keep picking on her and pecking her bottom which makes her squawk.

She hasn’t laid any eggs, other 2 have laid every day since collection.

It took me a couple of days to realise that her vent was very dirty, in my defence it is harder to see as she still has a fair amount of feathers around her bum.

I have been adding ACV to their water from day 1 and today added Avipro Avian probiotics to their feed. Today I gave her bottom a wash and was able to take these photos.

Her poo is a mix between fairly normal and mustard yellow – see pics.

Any advice gratefully received.

 

[azygous]

She may have a reproductive infection. The swelling behind her vent is one indication. The yellow poop, another. But it's not possible to tell you that for certain.

If her behavior is normal, it may be chronic, but you could try her on an antibiotic to see if it helps. I use Fish Mox 250mg and you can find it online.

For the pecking issue, since chickens are attracted to naked pink skin, Blu-kote painted on the exposed skin can help deter the abuse.

 

[StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff]

Thanks for your response.

Some of her poo seems normal although she strains to pass it.

I have ordered Flubenvet to treat them all in case it is a worm issue. I have caught her 'gaping' quite a few times but again, she seems so well otherwise.

 

[StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff]

Bumping this for any further advice