Ojwilli18
In the Brooder
Hello all,
I have three 7 month old chickens, one 7 month old khaki campbell duck, and one 2 1/2 year old buff orpington hybrid. They are all female. For the past couple days my Rhode Island Red has had a very poopy butt. I thought it was something that would clear up on its own, but today I was able to get a good look while she was eating and the vent area is red and irritated, it looks like feathers are missing and are poky like they are growing back in and it looks swollen. The poop resembled mud and didn't have a foul smell to me, it just smelled like regular chicken poop and I did not see any yellow,white, or green liquid and the cloaca seemed to be throbbing a lot. She has been eating and foraging normally and her activity level also seems normal, but I used to get about 5-6 eggs a day and this has now slowed to two eggs a day. She also feels very thin and when feeling all of my chickens crop's tonight, they were full but seemed soft. I have looked up symptoms to vent gleet, but I am not sure if that is what she has. The last few days they have been offered collard greens, endive, celery, and about two days ago I gave them blueberries and mango. Is it possible she just has a bout of diahhreah from the produce? Sour crop? Beggining to molt? I live in Michigan so it is just starting to warm up, so whenever they do molt it will be their first one. Today I put diatamaceous earth in their run and coop, offered them each 1 ml Fenbendazole, as they have never been de-wormed and I figured that could be the cause, and have a probiotics pack that I plan to add to their water tomorrow. I also have ACV, and amprolium but I am unsure if I should offer all of these meds at once? I brought her inside and gave her a good bath, blow dry, and put some coconut oil to try nd help with the irritation/swelling. I am looking for any and all advice or any dose of reassurance from anyone who has gotten through this with one of their girls. I just really want to do all that I can to help her, and with the current COVID outbreak vet visits are limited. I have also attached some pics if that helps. Thanks!! (Also the third picture is of the top part of her back close to her "tail", it looks like the feathers are coming out/growing back in? nd its like black spots, evidince of mites?)
I have three 7 month old chickens, one 7 month old khaki campbell duck, and one 2 1/2 year old buff orpington hybrid. They are all female. For the past couple days my Rhode Island Red has had a very poopy butt. I thought it was something that would clear up on its own, but today I was able to get a good look while she was eating and the vent area is red and irritated, it looks like feathers are missing and are poky like they are growing back in and it looks swollen. The poop resembled mud and didn't have a foul smell to me, it just smelled like regular chicken poop and I did not see any yellow,white, or green liquid and the cloaca seemed to be throbbing a lot. She has been eating and foraging normally and her activity level also seems normal, but I used to get about 5-6 eggs a day and this has now slowed to two eggs a day. She also feels very thin and when feeling all of my chickens crop's tonight, they were full but seemed soft. I have looked up symptoms to vent gleet, but I am not sure if that is what she has. The last few days they have been offered collard greens, endive, celery, and about two days ago I gave them blueberries and mango. Is it possible she just has a bout of diahhreah from the produce? Sour crop? Beggining to molt? I live in Michigan so it is just starting to warm up, so whenever they do molt it will be their first one. Today I put diatamaceous earth in their run and coop, offered them each 1 ml Fenbendazole, as they have never been de-wormed and I figured that could be the cause, and have a probiotics pack that I plan to add to their water tomorrow. I also have ACV, and amprolium but I am unsure if I should offer all of these meds at once? I brought her inside and gave her a good bath, blow dry, and put some coconut oil to try nd help with the irritation/swelling. I am looking for any and all advice or any dose of reassurance from anyone who has gotten through this with one of their girls. I just really want to do all that I can to help her, and with the current COVID outbreak vet visits are limited. I have also attached some pics if that helps. Thanks!! (Also the third picture is of the top part of her back close to her "tail", it looks like the feathers are coming out/growing back in? nd its like black spots, evidince of mites?)
