Does this look like the start of vent gleet?

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I have monistat to apply but wanted to get second opinions first.
 

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Hard to say from those pictures. What does her vent look like? Does it have crusty dried poop debris on it? If so, you will want to clean her up and perhaps put some vasoline on it moisten the tissue. What do her poops look like? Are they runny and white? Could be she had a bit of diarrhea from something she ate and had a bit of a runny poo and simply didn't squat low enough to miss her feathers. After cleaning her up you may want to trim those feathers back a little. Is she eating, drinking and acting ok?

My personal experience with vent gleet is that they are messy most of the time and move slower and act a little less interested in chicken things, but every chicken is different.
 
Hard to say from those pictures. What does her vent look like? Does it have crusty dried poop debris on it? If so, you will want to clean her up and perhaps put some vasoline on it moisten the tissue. What do her poops look like? Are they runny and white? Could be she had a bit of diarrhea from something she ate and had a bit of a runny poo and simply didn't squat low enough to miss her feathers. After cleaning her up you may want to trim those feathers back a little. Is she eating, drinking and acting ok?

My personal experience with vent gleet is that they are messy most of the time and move slower and act a little less interested in chicken things, but every chicken is different.
Hey, she’s acting completely normal. Will take pics of her vent in a bit!
 
Yeah, vent gleet is usually pretty obvious and messy. It just looks like a little stuck droppings from what I can tell. If it's hot where you are the droppings can get a little runny from them drinking a lot to cool off. Or as said, could be something she ate. Some birds just get dirty feathers back there on occasion.
 

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