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Is the discharge white and bubbly/runny? If it is Salpingitis the discharge could be an ovaduct infection - which needs to be immediately treated with an antibiotic. From what I've read, it can be either virus or fungal infection. Please contact @Wyrop Rock.

Sue, does she have a bad smell from the discharge? If it's Salpingitis (lash egg) she may be laying leathery misshappened eggs, or two in one day. If you go to my posts, I just had information concerning these same symptoms. @Wyrop Rock is an expert, and advised me on my hen. You may want to...

Good morning @Tookie and @Wyrop Rock. My initial evaluation of Lucy's condition of vent gleet was partially made because of a sickening smell in our coop/run areas. Many articles said that vent gleet causes a terrible smell, which I had noticed, but could never isolate to any one chicken. This...

Thanks Tookie!

WR, I wanted to let you know that Lucy passed. According to a YouTube video I just watched she had Salpingitis, as you suggested. The rubbery/leathery egg, stopped laying, listless, not herself. We did try to give her ACV in her water when she was isolated in the garage, but don't think she...

I agree with aart, any fencing with openings larger than 1/2" is not going to keep raccoons from reaching through and catching one of your chickens. Yes, they make chicken wire with 1"-1 1/2" openings, but it won't prevent predators from grabbing your chicks. 1/2" hardware cloth all around is...

I did correct the width of the skirt on the ground to 1' to 1 1/2' on the ground. Sorry.

1/2" galvanized hardware all around sides and top. Skirt around the bottom with 1'-1 1/2' flat on the ground to prevent digging. That will assure no predators can get in. I have seen a snake be able to slither through the 1/2" HC, so if there is a danger of snakes put a 1' - 2' run of 1/4"...

Thanks WR, your knowledge and insight is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Tookie!

Just so you know, we have two roosters, so we feed everyone grower/broiler with oyster and chicken shells on the side. Maybe she just wasn't eating enough of the oyster shells. We'll try to give her extra CC today. Thanks WR!

There is no bad smell. The discharge looks to have cleared up. We've been giving her the CC+D3 for almost a week. She's not eating much, so my wife has been putting it on some bread, which she gobbled up. We also have given her the CC+D3 mixed in water in a syringe. She didn't take much that...

We have a prolific egg layer, usually 6 a week. She started displaying what looked to be vent gleet - white foamy runny discharge, listless. Her tail feathers were pointed down, and she looked like she was trying to lay an egg. I came inside, and went back out and she'd laid an egg right where...

I agree with FrostRanger here. We put down pine bark (readily available here) and it did help with the smell, especially after a rain. Our runs are covered, but blowing rain can wet the whole run. Also, we throw scratch in their runs periodically, and pine bark hide some of their delicious...

I'm pretty sure you just put down chick starter and the mamas can eat it too.

We use pine bark chips which are easily available here. I add grass clippings in piles to the runs and the girls love to scratch the grass until it's well dispersed. Drainage is important, and cover over the runs is essential.

Update. We have isolated her in the garage. We brought her in and washed her vent area. We didn't notice any redness or irritation. We soaked her in warm epsom salts water for about 5-10 minutes. Took her out and dried her as gently as possible. Treated the vent area with an anti-fungal cream...

Our Lucy looks to have vent gleet, with white discharge. She is laying eggs randomly and they have strange spots on them. Please advise.

Our "head" rooster, Bok Bok, has lost one of his spurs fighting with our "junior" rooster Dot, leaving an exposed piece of skin sticking out. We managed to wash off the raw place with saline water spray, cleaning it as much as possible with gauze, and then applied Blue Kote spray. We've...