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    Pullet lethargic, one eyelid closed, strange droppings

    I'm no expert but that poop looks like gleet. I had a hen with chronic gleet and her poop often looked like that or like little cream balls. I separated her and cleaned her vent several times a day with chlorhexidine solution until it cleared up. She looks pretty far gone though, so i don't know...
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    Washed dirty bum and found... A zit?

    I think it was likely an ingrown feather. Thank you for the reply. I posted more about what happened in a reply to Rosemary. Thanks so much!
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    Washed dirty bum and found... A zit?

    Thanks Rosemary! I ended up taking her to a vet, to get a read on a few things. It turns out she is probably quite a bit older than I was told. The vet said to leave it based on the location, and to help pop it if it ruptured. I ended up needing to do the extraction a few months later, and i...
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    Washed dirty bum and found... A zit?

    Hi folks. I just adopted two 1 1/2 year old laying hens. Once I got to know her a little, I realized she had a dirty bottom. After looking up what to do about it, I washed her in warm water with Epsom salt. That got the poopyness off, but now she has a bunch of stuff on the base of her feathers...
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