1) What type of bird , age and weight.
Female black star, approximately 2 months
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Normal behavior pattern, eating and drinking normally, also fecal matter comes out normally, just continues to leak urea
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
This has been going on for a month
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
None of the other 7 birds have this happening
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
In the beginning, the vent area looked raw and the urea was irritating the area, over the past month the area has healed and feathers are coming in it does seem to be slowing down as far as the amount leaking per day. For example, I was originally washing this one in the sink more than once a day now we are to about every few days.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Unknown
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
All 8 chickens eat Purina, the sick chicken also gets pediatric electrolytes in addition to water
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
The fecal matter looks normal, there is less urea on top of each dropping since it constantly comes out.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
I am lucky enough to have a friend who is a vet and he looked at a fecal sample under a scope and there are no parasites nor harmful bacteria in the sample. We have given baths frequently, yogurt, pediatric electrolytes.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
The bird is stable, eating, drinking, alert, allowed to forage now (since the sample did not have any indication of parasite or harmful bacteria) and actually a very nice bird because it is handled so much.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
Think: white stuff on the bottom, coming out of the vent.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
She has been on newspaper in a separate cage in a garage while the other chickens are outside in a coop and run. The run was built in the beginning of December and all other birds moved in and this one was caught with urea on the bottom so it didn't get the chance to move in yet.
So, does this sound like just a terrible case of pasty butt or something else?
Female black star, approximately 2 months
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Normal behavior pattern, eating and drinking normally, also fecal matter comes out normally, just continues to leak urea
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
This has been going on for a month
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
None of the other 7 birds have this happening
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
In the beginning, the vent area looked raw and the urea was irritating the area, over the past month the area has healed and feathers are coming in it does seem to be slowing down as far as the amount leaking per day. For example, I was originally washing this one in the sink more than once a day now we are to about every few days.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Unknown
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
All 8 chickens eat Purina, the sick chicken also gets pediatric electrolytes in addition to water
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
The fecal matter looks normal, there is less urea on top of each dropping since it constantly comes out.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
I am lucky enough to have a friend who is a vet and he looked at a fecal sample under a scope and there are no parasites nor harmful bacteria in the sample. We have given baths frequently, yogurt, pediatric electrolytes.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
The bird is stable, eating, drinking, alert, allowed to forage now (since the sample did not have any indication of parasite or harmful bacteria) and actually a very nice bird because it is handled so much.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
Think: white stuff on the bottom, coming out of the vent.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
She has been on newspaper in a separate cage in a garage while the other chickens are outside in a coop and run. The run was built in the beginning of December and all other birds moved in and this one was caught with urea on the bottom so it didn't get the chance to move in yet.
So, does this sound like just a terrible case of pasty butt or something else?
