BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[DesertChic]

Never heard of it so I read up on it.
I don't think I've ever had one with it. Though I did recently have my silkie/giant with frozen poop crusty butt. Took the scissors to her and did some major hacking, never seen such a poofy fluffy butt, it was like goose down once I got the frozen hunk off. She doesn't have silkie feathering but boy her butt was fluffy.
I'm sure you've already researched it but have you thought of trying Gentian violet?
I know that's what the doctor prescribed when one of our kids got thrush mouth from either long term strong antibiotics or maybe it was from one of the asthma medicines they were trying on her, don't remember, was awhile ago.
Hmm, reading up on gentian violet guess it's in blu kote.

Gentian violet's a new one for me. I'm going to have to look into that. Thanks!

 

[Kusanar]

Does anyone here have experience treating vent gleet? I just learned this term for what I'm seeing in my most stressed hens and I'm doing my best to treat them without medications, but it's a chore. I was just wondering what's worked well for others who've experienced the problem.

First off, I don't have chickens, so take it or leave it. But, BeeKissed had a lot of vent gleet in her "gnarly bunch" and treated it by trimming the feathers and cleaning as much off as possible, then applying a product called NuStock which while technically a medication (in that you are using it to medicate an issue), is made with household supplies that are fairly easily obtainable.

 

[Turk Raphael]

VENT GLEET. Several years ago I had a couple hens with this nasty problem and honestly, I culled them both immediately. Since I started fermenting all whole grain and crumbles, I haven't had another case. the only feed stuffs I don't ferment is the meat the birds get about 3 times per week, in moderation.

 

[Beer can]

I personally would probably cull, I'm not one to treat chickens. Only chicken I ever treated was a EE young pullet that had a impacted crop. Few yrs later, just recently I culled the majority of the EEs and she had what looked like major ascites and I don't think she had ever laid any eggs.

 

[Turk Raphael]

FYI...I currently have NNs, Dark Cornish, Dominiques, White Chanteclers and a small group of 3/4 DC X 1/4 CX pullets.

I have worked out a 5 year plan to have nothing but Naked Necks by the end of that period, using only the birds I currently have now. I believe for certain I will have enough genetic diversity to last me for the rest of my life.

I will be happy with birds that have either cushion, rose or pea combs...no straight ones. I realize (before anyone points it out) that there will be some non- Naked Necks hatched but they will be eaten, just like any errant straight combed birds. It might not take quite that long to reach my goals but I don't wan't to press myself.

Along with the above specs, I will aim for mature cocks to weigh 10 to 12 pounds and hens around 8-9 pound range, if possible. Anyhow, that's my 'Chicken-Plan) and it should keep me busy enough. Most cockerels will be destined to be capons.

I may cross-post this to the NN thread.

TURK

 

[Gorman Farm]

Does anyone here have experience treating vent gleet? I just learned this term for what I'm seeing in my most stressed hens and I'm doing my best to treat them without medications, but it's a chore. I was just wondering what's worked well for others who've experienced the problem.

I don't have any experience with it, but here is an interesting link:


http://www.chickenforum.com/Treating-Vent-Gleet.html

 

[DesertChic]

I personally would probably cull, I'm not one to treat chickens. Only chicken I ever treated was a EE young pullet that had a impacted crop. Few yrs later, just recently I culled the majority of the EEs and she had what looked like major ascites and I don't think she had ever laid any eggs.

I don't have any experience with it, but here is an interesting link:


http://www.chickenforum.com/Treating-Vent-Gleet.html

Thank you for all the input. I actually have no problem with topical applications of "medicines", especially something like Nu Stock which contains ingredients I already us. I noticed this morning that two of the girls with the messy bums are actually related, mother and daughter, which makes me wonder about a genetic predisposition towards the condition. The mother is a WR hen I'd purchased from a local feed store nearly two years ago. She's parented a lot of offspring here, but so far only this one pullet has also shown symptoms. The third hen displaying symptoms is my "weak" Bielefelder hen and has never been a good layer. She's very sweet and affectionate, but she's already on the cull list. I'll perform that cull when my son's not home since he's exceptionally fond of her.

I also ferment the feed and this is really the first time I've seen anything like this show up in my flock. I know that all of the girls showing symptoms have been bred the most heavily, so I'm favoring a stress trigger for the problem. I'm going to try treating them this one time by washing them up, giving them extra probiotics alternating with ACV in the water, and then watching for another outbreak. If it happens again I'll butcher them all. In my mind a one-time occurrence may be forgivable, but a repeat occurrence equals a definite weakness that I don't want to perpetuate in my flock.

 

[DesertChic]

FYI...I currently have NNs, Dark Cornish, Dominiques, White Chanteclers and a small group of 3/4 DC X 1/4 CX pullets.

I have worked out a 5 year plan to have nothing but Naked Necks by the end of that period, using only the birds I currently have now. I believe for certain I will have enough genetic diversity to last me for the rest of my life.

I will be happy with birds that have either cushion, rose or pea combs...no straight ones. I realize (before anyone points it out) that there will be some non- Naked Necks hatched but they will be eaten, just like any errant straight combed birds. It might not take quite that long to reach my goals but I don't wan't to press myself.

Along with the above specs, I will aim for mature cocks to weigh 10 to 12 pounds and hens around 8-9 pound range, if possible. Anyhow, that's my 'Chicken-Plan) and it should keep me busy enough. Most cockerels will be destined to be capons.

I may cross-post this to the NN thread.

TURK

Sounds like a good plan.

 

[Molpet]

Gentian violet's a new one for me. I'm going to have to look into that. Thanks!

I believe that is what gives 'blukote' the purple hue .. it's in the ingredient list on my bottle

 

[Turk Raphael]

I don't want to get into a pizzing contest with ANYONE about this but I let my FF drain for about 8 hours before I feed it. I know others just scoop it out of the container and feed. Don't know if that could make a difference or not. I likely wouldn't have to drain it that long but it works well for my system and routine.