cloaca

I’m hoping someone can help! One of our hens was acting lethargic, so I gave her an exam and found quite the scene on her bum. There was an infestation of maggots. I promptly moved her into the garage, cleaned the area, and removed the maggots. There was also something protruding from the...

My salmon faverolle has an injury to her vent after being mounted a bit aggressively by my cockerel. It's a cut in the corner, a little bit on the inside. I've cleaned around the area (and separated him, which he's not happy about!), but she's always had quite loose stools so I have no idea...

My 2 yo, ri red, suddenly not walking right. It's leg won't stand straight on it. Brought it inside 2 nights ago, dog crate. Last night gave it warm water tub treatment and an egg came out. She's panting still (attached is egg image, it's got weird white spots on it). Wondering if she's got a...

whole story: i brought my chicken up to the house last night since she was laying on the ground in the coop in her own poo, she couldn’t get up. i cut some of the feathers off near her bum since they were covered in faeces and noticed a dark spot. i didn’t have time to do anything, so i put her...

My chicken Lucy is having problems. She had a case of pasty butt a few months ago and it seems she never fully recovered. Her butt area and cloaca were always inflamed, but she pooped fine, until recently. Her poop is now yellowish and pretty loose, as if she has diarrhea. As you can see in the...

I am looking after my parents chickens while they are away for a few days and noticed that one of them seemed very lethargic and had a pale comb. When I inspected her she had a very dirty arse and very obviously has an egg bound in her Cloaca. I've given her a bath and cleaned around her vent as...

My baby bird is about a year and a half old - she's always been a little odd but recently I noticed her tail feathers have been standing upright, and today her bum was pretty dirty and during the process of cleaning her up I noticed the outside of her cloaca seemed swollen almost like a...

Hello all. I was investigating one of my girls backsides as it was caked in poop. Once we cleaned her up and cut back the dirty feathers we realized she has 2 cloacas! Has anyone ever encountered something like this? If so, who can I speak with to learn more about this? I have a picture if you...

I have a black australorp with an injured vent/cloaca, I think she was pecked though the rooster can be rough so I don't know if he injured her first or what. The purple in the picture is from a previous injury, it may be that the others just kept after her because of that (yes, I know, I...

One of my silkies has a scab on her butt. It seams to lead inside her cloaca so when she dose an egg it bleeds a tiny bit. She seams fine in her self otherwise and is still laying and has been for 9 months. Ive considered using a poultry wound spray but as the injury is in a sensitive area im...

Good morning. This is my first post. I am attaching photos. Not sure if this is gleet or something else. Peace's poops all look normal but her fluffy down feathers are missing and there is encrusted yellow/white on lower portion of her vent. I have been giving epsom salt baths and O3 cream...

Hi new friends! Sorry, if I missed a thread similar to this but I am hoping someone has some quick advice on this: An 18 week old Barred Rock just laid her first egg, she had a hard time an I noticed she was flexing her rear end for 2 days before laying. 24 hours later she is very lethargic...

Cloaca/poop pictures ahead!! I went to let my girls out this morning, and noticed that one of my girls, Duchess, was in her nest box, and thought nothing of it. I just went back outside to see them, (its about 4PM,) and I couldn't find her. outside with her sisters. I remembered that she was...

A couple of days ago, I discovered the rear end of our Sussex covered in blood and one of the others pecking at it. I was expecting to see a prolapse as it has happened before (pushed back in and treated with hemorrhoid cream, but not recently), possibly since she lays such big eggs, but no. It...

All four of my hens have poop stuck to them. This is either causing feather loss or the poo is just weighing the feathers down. I can clearly see most of their cloacas because of the feather issues. They seem healthy and happy otherwise though. Can anybody help?