baby chicks swollen vents

Could a swollen vent be the reason my chick is having a hard time passing a proper bowel movement? I have been Epsom salt soaking her, using triple antibiotics, ACV in water and I just used hydrocortisone to see if that will take the swelling down some. After nothing else worked to relieve her...

Hi, all. Thank you in advance for any that might be able to offer some insight and guidance with these issues. One of our Bantam hens went broody and she has hatched a number of chicks and a duck over the last few weeks. The first five that hatched a few weeks ago are doing great and are...

Hi, I just got some new baby chicks and I checked them all for pasty butt. All of them looked pretty good except for my 2 buff orpingtons. I gently wiped their butts with a room temperature cloth and dried them with a hair dryer 8 inches away but marshmallows butt is bare looking and a little...

We just got six pollutes last week, and one of them has recently been having problems with her vent. I thought it was pasty butt at first, so I very carefully cleaned her up and made sure to check up on her. Her vent is now swollen and she's having trouble pooping. She squats and holds her wings...

The vent looks swollen kinda its not the bump meaning it's a boy. Like the vent is sticking out. What should I do?

Hey all Ive got two of my baby chicks out of 8, one a columbian wyandotte(Peeper), the other a white crested black polish(PomPom) that have had a very hard time the last two weeks with swollen vents and crying when they try to poop! They are now 5-6 weeks old. I took them to the vet and the vet...