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Has died unforunately. Large unabsorbed yoke :-(

No incubator I'm afraid. Head is now out, and it's chirping....only concern is the membrane appears very dry and stuck to the chicks body.

Pipped yesterday, but found the egg had been broken (squashed this morning). Chick is still alive this afternoon, chirping (still under mother), and beak is outside shell. Membrane feels rubbery, and still appears complete. There were some drops of blood this morning which have dried up now...

Sorry :-)

To clarify, the vet had been on holiday, and was very apologetic for not replying earlier. This is an old ex-battery hen, no longer laying, and has presented like this for about a year now. She's a real character, as has always had an awkward gate (long before the condition was noticeable)...

The vet put the hen on her back and said she could feel an obvious tumor (very hard round lump) and just suggested to put a cream such as sudocrem to protect the swollen area.

Update: Turns out that its not vent gleet, but a tumor. She's very happy at the moment and the vet said she will be fine until the skin breaks causing infection.

Thankyou, we will definitely get her into a vets straight away!

Thanks for the replies, we contacted the vet about a week ago and are just waiting for a reply. Hopefully they can give us something to help her!

One of my hens have been suffering with vent gleet for a while and I just read online to give her yogurt with apple cider vinigar and molasses and I was just wondering if that will work and also how long to give them to her. Thanks!

Thanks, I will give that a go! :)

This morning when I let the chickens out my rooster wouldn't stop shaking his head on one side. He has no cuts or bugs, nothing unusual that I can see. The only thing is he was yellow earwax stuff. Any suggestions?

Hey! Can't a hen get any privacy around here!?

She is doing fine now thankfully! I think it might have been the beetle she ate as I have no clue what else it could have been!