Clogged Preen Gland?

[Amamisc]

I obtained some silver laced wynadotte chicks that are a few weeks old (Jan 23 hatch date).

It seems one has a clogged preen gland.

It’s hard to tell in the photos but the tiny preen gland is on top of the bulge.

I warm compressed it a bunch I even used a tiny syringe to try to drain it when liquidity buy I only get small amounts. I also added vitamin A to its diet but its mates haven’t had any issues.

This chick seems completely unbothered by all of this eat, drinks and plays as usual.

Any ideas on how to drain this? We have no local poultry vets.

Thanks for suggestions

 

[Eggcessive]

I would try to massage the area after the warm compress to get it to drain, not stick anything into it.

 

[Amamisc]

I would try to massage the area after the warm compress to get it to drain, not stick anything into it.

Agreed rather not to stick it but I do massage and reheat up to ten minutes at a time without any change.

 

[Amamisc]

Just as an update incase anyone else faces this! I continued vitamins for a good string of days and trying the warm compress a couple days but it seems it was able to resolve itself after a couple weeks (I think it was just the vitamin a deficiency). Woohoo!

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad that is has gotten better. Have you been feeding a balanced chicken feed all along, and limiting treats or other foods?

 

[Amamisc]

Glad that is has gotten better. Have you been feeding a balanced chicken feed all along, and limiting treats or other foods?

Yes, I am wondering if there was a lack of absorption of vitamins from the medicated feed. I don’t feed treats at that age. I got a nice vitamin mix for chicks and seemed to worked well. I am leaning towards vitamin deficiency because a second one got wobbly and with vitamin supplement also was back on track. Super odd.

I had originally purchased them to add some genetic to my Silver Wyandotte pen.