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Messy vent discharges are hard to diagnose. At least this chicken keeper is often puzzled by these messy butts that won't respond to attempts to treat them. It's one reason why I decided to feed fermented feed, getting those probiotics into their systems. I have two hens right now with white...

Vent gleet can be contagious, although in a round-about manner. Rooster mating can transfer the pathogens to other hens, so it's best to keep her out of the mix for a bit. Many of us have a segregation section in our runs for this purpose, so a chicken can remain in the flock yet separate. Eggs...

Sometimes, unless you have a vet that does testing, there's only the drug treatment to diagnose a health issue. If it responds to the med, then you know that's what the issue was. The only drawback from using this method of diagnosis is that repeated exposure to a particular med may render it...

Vent gleet isn't easy to identify, but you can go ahead and treat assuming that's what this is. Here's info: http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/vent-gleet