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In the Brooder
- May 10, 2020
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Hello,
We have a 5 year old Rhode Island Red who has been having trouble with her vent for a few weeks...Messy with yellow crusted wet poop, and a couple weeks ago, she was prolapsed too. She also hasn't laid any eggs this season, while both of her coopmates have been for at least a month, maybe two. We got the prolapse under control and have been assuming Gleet (with SIP we can't go to vet), cleaning her vent area every day with apple cider vinegar and applying athlete's foot cream. It seemed to have it somewhat under control after 10 days, but then when we stopped it came back within two days and now she's not looking so good. Lethargic, not sure if she's eating, her comb looks like it's greying a bit at the tips. I've included pictures of her vent area (I cleaned it last night) and her comb. We separated her from the flock and put her in the basement and she hasn't moved a ton. I manged to get some eyedroppers of water in her with Ropa Poultry complete, cleaned her cloaca and added cream. She ate a couple dried soldier fly larvae, but she usually is crazy for them and only ate a few.
Her backside is pretty raw, I think one of the other chickens may have been pecking there too. we also tried checking for a bound egg, but didn't feel anything obvious. We haven't done an exam for that before, so not sure what it's supposed to feel like...
We feed them layer crumbles or pellets, depending on what we can get in this crazy situation. Right now it's been Modesto Milling pellets. For bedding, we were using straw, then shifted pine shavings and are now using aspen shavings...
We thought the other chickens might have gotten it too, but after a couple cleanings, no more crusties.
Anyway, in the absence of being able to go to a vet, any ideas of what we can do?
Thanks so much!
Arne in Oakland
We have a 5 year old Rhode Island Red who has been having trouble with her vent for a few weeks...Messy with yellow crusted wet poop, and a couple weeks ago, she was prolapsed too. She also hasn't laid any eggs this season, while both of her coopmates have been for at least a month, maybe two. We got the prolapse under control and have been assuming Gleet (with SIP we can't go to vet), cleaning her vent area every day with apple cider vinegar and applying athlete's foot cream. It seemed to have it somewhat under control after 10 days, but then when we stopped it came back within two days and now she's not looking so good. Lethargic, not sure if she's eating, her comb looks like it's greying a bit at the tips. I've included pictures of her vent area (I cleaned it last night) and her comb. We separated her from the flock and put her in the basement and she hasn't moved a ton. I manged to get some eyedroppers of water in her with Ropa Poultry complete, cleaned her cloaca and added cream. She ate a couple dried soldier fly larvae, but she usually is crazy for them and only ate a few.
Her backside is pretty raw, I think one of the other chickens may have been pecking there too. we also tried checking for a bound egg, but didn't feel anything obvious. We haven't done an exam for that before, so not sure what it's supposed to feel like...
We feed them layer crumbles or pellets, depending on what we can get in this crazy situation. Right now it's been Modesto Milling pellets. For bedding, we were using straw, then shifted pine shavings and are now using aspen shavings...
We thought the other chickens might have gotten it too, but after a couple cleanings, no more crusties.
Anyway, in the absence of being able to go to a vet, any ideas of what we can do?
Thanks so much!
Arne in Oakland
