Auracana with abnormal poo

[marina]

Any helpful tips are appreciated.

I have an Auracan who, for the year that I've had her (she was already 2yrs when she was brought over) has always had a pasty butt. I wash her off regularly, have used de-wormer for the flock, provide them all with fresh bedding in the coop and they have access to many acres of fresh pasture, etc. I sprinkle food-grade diatomaceous earth where they take dust baths and on the coop litter.

Her poop continues to just dribble out, and it looks like cottage cheese (yummy!). Does this sound like a kidney disorder? Not too surprisingly, her affect is a little low, but she does get out, eat, drink plenty, sun herself, preen herself, etc. She just has a nasty nasty cottage cheese problem. The area by her vent is also unhealthy looking, with black unhappy looking flesh.

What do you think?

 

[paddock36]

Maybe this will help. It's a linc to a poo chart with photos. You might be able to figure out what is wrong with her. http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[marina]

Thanks,
I saw that earlier, but this girl's special case is not on the chart. She is off the charts!
I'll post a picture for people to be grossed out at lunch with...

 

[scubaforlife]

Have you tried yogurt or any of the other pro-biotics? A little applecider vinegar in the water?

These two things straighten out my birds pretty well.

 

[marina]

When I first got her, the poop had collected and hardened in her feathers around her vent, causing many of them to fall out, and causing decay on her skin. When I managed to clean it all off, I kept her separated from the flock and gave her feed mixed with yogurt, molasses, and vitamin E.
Her feathers are coming back, finally, but I have to regularly clean her off so the caking doesn't happen again.

 

[hinkjc]

Vent gleet or yeast infection?

 

[marina]

Thanks so much I think vent gleet may just be what she's been suffering from. I'll post the treatment and results in a couple of weeks.