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Something I posted in response to a previous gleet question:
"Does your chicken exhibit any other symptoms besides a dirty butt? Are the droppings unusually smelly (as compared to "normal" chicken pooh), loss of energy, reddened vent, thirsty more than hungry, white sores around the vent, or sour smelling breath/mouth?
If several of these symptoms are also present, I'm leaning towards possible vent gleet. If gleet is suspected, dose w/ half an ounce of castor oil (can get @ CVS, Walgreens, etc.) daily x 2 days to induce a laxative effect (to purge digestive tract), trim and clean vent area and treat said area w/ a sulfur powder puff (old sock filled w/ plant grade sulfur, available at any garden center ~ its an antifungal agent) and/or Monistat or Tinactin cream. After the castor oil treatment is over, get some Activia yogurt and feed @ least 1T daily for a week to help reestablish the proper digestive balance of bacteria. Also be sure to acidify her water w/ ACV. Again, all this is if you think it could be gleet.
As w/ any advice, take w/ a grain of salt and use your best judgement when taking a course of action."
Thank you for reposting to my question FenikT. In my BYC searching i had not come across yours.
My lady does not have any of those other signs. I am, right now, just going to assume it is due to stress of being in a new home and i also have 2 different kinds of extra food that i have been feeding them to get rid of. I will continue to keep an eye on her just to be safe.
