Is this vent gleet? WARNING: Vent Photos

[Rachel_liz15]

I am looking for some guidance so that I may help my poor little Delilah. She is an almost 1.5 year old Partridge Cochin. She started out with some pasty butt, looser than normal stools, but nothing crazy. I would wash her bum, put some ACV in the water, honestly I didn’t think too much about it, but it kept progressing. She lost the feathers around her bum, and her skin became bright red. Her stools are now extremely watery, but they appear to be an average color. She also has this large “lump” (for lack of a better word) that is where her skin is bright red. I just started her on Medistatin last night, but I want some input as to whether or not I seem to be heading in the right direction. Note: my whole flock was dewormed not too long ago, within the past 3 months for sure. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

The bright red spot is shiny because I put some bag balm over it in an effort to help soothe/protect the skin.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Vent Gleet is usually a white pasty yeasty smelling discharge from the Vent.

It looks more like she's been plucked and urates/poop have burned the skin.

Apply some NuStock cream to the skin to help it heal and hopefully deter picking/plucking.

 

[Rachel_liz15]

Vent Gleet is usually a white pasty yeasty smelling discharge from the Vent.

It looks more like she's been plucked and urates/poop have burned the skin.

Apply some NuStock cream to the skin to help it heal and hopefully deter picking/plucking

Thank you for your reply. I will try the NuStock for comfort until I can find out why she’s having all this diarrhea and what that huge bulge is. I was really hoping it was vent gleet because I know I can help her with that :/

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you for your reply. I will try the NuStock for comfort until I can find out why she’s having all this diarrhea and what that huge bulge is. I was really hoping it was vent gleet because I know I can help her with that :/

It can be hard to tell how much of a bulge that is in the photo.
Compare her to your other hens of similar size and age.

Being bald/plucked, that area can look larger. It could also be excess fat, a little fluid, perhaps an indication that she may be starting to have something reproductive going on. Many things.

Photos of the poop? All of its watery or just a few?
When was the last deworming?