Hen has white stuff coming out of her vent?

[cowcreekgeek]

Very good info cowcreekgeek.
So if the chicken is not to far gone with its illness. Any of the flushes should work. And then try. One of the anti internal fungals. I need to get a full page print out of this and get it laminated. And keep in my Cockers Box or my carry around box. Which has many vitamins and tools in it. But it seems like the items that I need. Just gets to be more and more.
Who ever said raising chickens is easy. Was well. Telling a story or a lie.

It'd be easier to carry the chickens to the req'd supplies, than try 'n pack up everything that might be needed from this farm ... lucky for me I avoid goin' anywhere near other folk's birds.

All credit for the post belongs to willowbranchfarm as I've only followed her link 'n pulled the information. Interestingly, the recipe they suggest for the copper sulphate solution comes from MSU's page, which is linked in my signature (solutions used for poultry ~'-)

:: edited to add *one* lousy letter -- an 's' to belong (oops ~'-) ::

 

[cowcreekgeek]

I think that compared to raising sheep, chickens are easy. I added a lot of things to my bag when mine got vent gleet, so I know what you mean. We used this same guide to vent gleet on a rescue hen and did all the treatments, and she did not respond at all. That's not to say you shouldn't try, but I've decided to cull cull cull anyone who gets vent gleet. It just doesn't make sense why they got it when the others didn't. In addition to vent gleet, this particular hen had anemia, bumblefoot, respiratory, thin shelled eggs, prolapse, diarrhea, weight loss, sour crop, etc... None of the rest of my flock had ANY trouble. The vent gleet really does distract the immune system to such an extent that they contract all sorts of other things. She continued to lay an egg every single day, regardless of how ragged she was; I couldn't get her to stop.

If you're going to treat, go with the strongest stuff you can find--in this case, I would go with nystatin. Good luck, please let us know how your hens fare.

Indeed, it seems the sick become magnets for every possible ailment, and provide excellent opportunity for any problem to find the rest of the flock. Nystatin is indeed an effective anti-fungal, and can be found as the active ingredient in many products (listed in the link ~'-)

When I first begin to look at any specific problem, I start w/ the oldest informations I can get ... not always the wisest treatments, as they used stuff 'way back when' that we now know not to, but often it gives insight into the problem, which in most cases is merely a yeast infection, limited to those last few inches of the cloaca ... many have had success treating it w/ nothing more than the use of ACV in the water, and a few tablespoons of yogurt each day.

And, all yogurt isn't equal, by the way -- another had used what turned out to be Fage Greek yogurt in the successful treatment of a secondary infection during an outbreak of fowlpox that cleared up way too quickly to ignore ... I heard back from them, as to live culture counts: "...when produced, contain about 100,000,000 yogurt culture microorganisms per gram."

Crazy as this idea sounds? I wonder if they couldn't somehow be rinsed out from behind w/ vinegar, and possibly following that w/ a capsule or two of live cultures (the stuff they sell as supplements for humans).

And, on an unrelated note -- love your avatar ~'-)

 

[cowcreekgeek]

Get them massive amounts of PRObiotics (food with live, active cultures), high protein feed, and hope for the best. You can also give them daily baths and afterwards smear yogurt and apple cider vinegar in their vents (icky but works). My hen laid and foraged through almost a year of vent gleet... I finally had to cull her because her immune system was shot and she kept contracting other problems. Good luck.

I felt almost silly, even as I typed my last post, 'til I saw your suggestion ... ideally, I'm thinkin' and epsom salt flush, followed by ACV and yeast-eating microorganisms (but from *both* ends ~'-)

 

[my sunwolf]

I felt almost silly, even as I typed my last post, 'til I saw your suggestion ... ideally, I'm thinkin' and epsom salt flush, followed by ACV and yeast-eating microorganisms (but from *both* ends ~'-)

I think if the hen's immune system is okay and she is not too infected, the natural stuff should work on the vent gleet front. With regards to the flush, my chickens seem to respond better and faster to molases than to epsom salt. Then followed by ACV and yogurt (both ends

). It really should work. I just have no idea of OP's chickens' history... if they've had vent gleet for too long, the infection travels up the oviduct and into all areas of the body (this is why they usually also get sour crop and stop laying). In this case, I'd think massive flushes with internal anti-fungals, followed by the ACV/probiotics/highprotein should also work. Here's hoping the vent gleet's not too bad?

 

[willowbranchfarm]

I agree Molasses for me worked very fast. My hen was better the next day. Then i built her system back up with yogurt and stuff.

 

[my sunwolf]

And, on an unrelated note -- love your avatar ~'-)

(Thanks!)

 

[cowcreekgeek]

I think if the hen's immune system is okay and she is not too infected, the natural stuff should work on the vent gleet front. With regards to the flush, my chickens seem to respond better and faster to molases than to epsom salt. Then followed by ACV and yogurt (both ends

). It really should work. I just have no idea of OP's chickens' history... if they've had vent gleet for too long, the infection travels up the oviduct and into all areas of the body (this is why they usually also get sour crop and stop laying). In this case, I'd think massive flushes with internal anti-fungals, followed by the ACV/probiotics/highprotein should also work. Here's hoping the vent gleet's not too bad?

I agree Molasses for me worked very fast. My hen was better the next day. Then i built her system back up with yogurt and stuff.

I bought a dozen Quarts of the best molasses I've ever tasted ... reckon I shouldn't be so selfish as to not share it w/ my chickens, should they need it. So, molasses, it is:

Molasses Solution as a Laxative for Poultry ...

Add one pint of molasses to 5 gallons of water
or One Tablespoon to each 20 ounces of water


Offer the drinking solution free-choice to the affected birds for about four hours.
Treat severely affected birds individually if they cannot drink.
Return the birds to regular water after the treatment period.

 

[cowcreekgeek]

(Thanks!)

(You're welcome! ~'-)

 

[Amyjo62470]

My chicken is acting strange off by herself. She had like a whit tube come out of her vent. Not sure what is wrong

 

[Molpet]

My chicken is acting strange off by herself. She had like a whit tube come out of her vent. Not sure what is wrong

if it was pink, I would say a prolapse http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic.html