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    HELP! Is this vent gleet?

    I think you may be right! That explains why is literally looks like a flesh eating disease! Yikes. I didn’t see any maggots at all though, but I’m thinking maybe the other hens saw them and pecked them off? And that’s why it was all bloody all over? I did put antibiotic ointment on it and will...
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    HELP! Is this vent gleet?

    Here’s another pic without my hand in the way!
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    HELP! Is this vent gleet?

    Also, she did have some whitish watery poop with bright green bits in it. I fed my flock some greens the other day, but none of my other girls are pooping that color, or are having any similar problem.
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    HELP! Is this vent gleet?

    This hen is almost 2 years old. Today I noticed that her whole back end was bloody so I took her out of the coop and soaked her in an Epsom salt warm bath. She has a large open sore under her vent that is open raw skin and her abdomen is swollen. She seems to be acting fine. Her vent itself...
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    Do I have a rooster, and are my eggs fertile?

    Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the feedback :)
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    Do I have a rooster, and are my eggs fertile?

    I know that blood spots don't necessarily mean fertile, but what is the white ring around the dot in the photo? Everything I've read says that the "bullseye" like ring indicates fertile eggs! Most of my eggs have the ring, but some do not, just a whitish dot... the feed store thought chicken #1...
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    Do I have a rooster, and are my eggs fertile?

    Hello BYC forum! I'm new here, so please forgive me for starting a new thread! I couldn't figure out how to post on the existing thread! I have six chickens that are 31 weeks old this weekend. So far the most eggs I have seen in a day is 5, but not consistently, so I'm not completely...
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