Weeg
Enabler
This is Lacy. She's a 1 year old bantam Cornish hen.
I noticed some thick blood/blooding fluid dripping from/around her vent before we left for a trip a week ago. This was while I was showing our neighbor what to do with the chickens while I was gone, right before we left, so I was in a hurry. I did check her out and it looked like it was coming from a peck or scab around the vent rather than from the vent, so I didn't worry about it. We got back on Sunday and today was the first day I looked at it again. I did just move this tractor to the far side of our large yard to deep shade before we left, so I have been less attentive to it since it wasn't right outside my door. My bad and now I'm concerned as to what might be going on here.
I noticed it tonight when I checked on them all while roosting. The bloody fluid was very obvious draining from her vent. It is dark so I couldn't get a great look, but it looks to me like it is coming from her vent rather than around it? I've browsed a lot of BYC threads and have never seen anything like this before. Thoughts? Its really thick, so I definitely think its fluid rather than just blood. Could it be a reproductive infection of some sort? Does it look like its coming from in the vent? I do see bloody discharge coming from a spot right above the vent, but I'm hesitant to think that is an injury since there were no obvious injuries before I left. There was only a very small drip when I noticed it a week ago, and I didn't see any obvious trauma outside the vent.
As far as I can tell she is acting normal. Like I previously mentioned, I haven't been very attentive to this pen since moving it, so I'll have to get a better look tomorrow. They have definitely been drinking a lot of water, so I'm hoping that includes her.
They are fed Kalmbach Flock Maker, and before I made the switch a month or so ago, I fed fermented Scratch and Peck. She is definitely overweight being a Cornish. I would separate her and restrict feed, but I don't have a buddy for her to be separated with, and no way to keep her from eating the others feed inside the pen. She isn't horribly overweight, but a bit chunky compared to her bantam flock mates.
Thanks for the help everyone. Really hope this is something I can curb and hasn't been caught to late.
Edit: Our internet is very slow right now for some reason, so I'm going to upload photos in the comments as soon as possible. Maybe try a few more things to get them to load property, but posting this for now.
I noticed some thick blood/blooding fluid dripping from/around her vent before we left for a trip a week ago. This was while I was showing our neighbor what to do with the chickens while I was gone, right before we left, so I was in a hurry. I did check her out and it looked like it was coming from a peck or scab around the vent rather than from the vent, so I didn't worry about it. We got back on Sunday and today was the first day I looked at it again. I did just move this tractor to the far side of our large yard to deep shade before we left, so I have been less attentive to it since it wasn't right outside my door. My bad and now I'm concerned as to what might be going on here.
I noticed it tonight when I checked on them all while roosting. The bloody fluid was very obvious draining from her vent. It is dark so I couldn't get a great look, but it looks to me like it is coming from her vent rather than around it? I've browsed a lot of BYC threads and have never seen anything like this before. Thoughts? Its really thick, so I definitely think its fluid rather than just blood. Could it be a reproductive infection of some sort? Does it look like its coming from in the vent? I do see bloody discharge coming from a spot right above the vent, but I'm hesitant to think that is an injury since there were no obvious injuries before I left. There was only a very small drip when I noticed it a week ago, and I didn't see any obvious trauma outside the vent.
As far as I can tell she is acting normal. Like I previously mentioned, I haven't been very attentive to this pen since moving it, so I'll have to get a better look tomorrow. They have definitely been drinking a lot of water, so I'm hoping that includes her.
They are fed Kalmbach Flock Maker, and before I made the switch a month or so ago, I fed fermented Scratch and Peck. She is definitely overweight being a Cornish. I would separate her and restrict feed, but I don't have a buddy for her to be separated with, and no way to keep her from eating the others feed inside the pen. She isn't horribly overweight, but a bit chunky compared to her bantam flock mates.
Thanks for the help everyone. Really hope this is something I can curb and hasn't been caught to late.
Edit: Our internet is very slow right now for some reason, so I'm going to upload photos in the comments as soon as possible. Maybe try a few more things to get them to load property, but posting this for now.