Need help chicken with vent gleet

[Linda62]

Hi,
My chicken has what I believe is vent gleet and I’ve been treating her with nystatin oral suspension but it doesn’t seem to be working. Wondering if anyone has suggestions? I’m not sure what else I could try. Thanks

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

Can you post some photos?
How old is she?
Does she lay eggs?
Is her crop emptying overnight?

https://www.tillysnest.com/2012/12/vent-gleet-prevention-and-treatment-html/

 

[Meandmyhens3]

https://www.tillysnest.com/2012/12/vent-gleet-prevention-and-treatment-html/

Check out this website, it’s has a good treatment advice as well as stating causes and prevention of vent gleet.

Are you absolutely sure it’s vent gleet? Is there anything else that you think it could possibly be just in case?

 

[Linda62]

Hi,
My chicken has what I believe is vent gleet and I’ve been treating her with nystatin oral suspension but it doesn’t seem to be working. Wondering if anyone has suggestions? I’m not sure what else I could try. Thanks

 

[Linda62]

She is about 2 years old. She was laying but hasn’t for a couple of days now. As far as I know there are no issues with her crop. I have bathed her and it’s very hard to remove from her feathers. If she had a parasite like worms that’s causing it wouldn’t that have spread to the other chickens by now, or if it was caused by a bacterial infection? I also am not sure when it will be safe to eat the eggs after using the nystatin.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I would clean her up well, trim the feathers a bit so the urates (white) is not sticking to those.

I would check her crop first thing in the morning to make sure it is emptying overnight.

Observe her to see if the white is a continual discharge from the vent or do you see it only when she poops (urates).

Chickens can and do get worms, some are able to handle a load better than others.
Getting a fecal float can tell you if worms are a problem, if not and she and the others have never been wormed, it may be time.
Fenbendazole (Safeguard) can be found at TSC. Dose is .23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.

http://www.farad.org/publications/digests/122015EggResidue.pdf

 

[Linda62]

I would clean her up well, trim the feathers a bit so the urates (white) is not sticking to those.

I would check her crop first thing in the morning to make sure it is emptying overnight.

Observe her to see if the white is a continual discharge from the vent or do you see it only when she poops (urates).

Chickens can and do get worms, some are able to handle a load better than others.
Getting a fecal float can tell you if worms are a problem, if not and she and the others have never been wormed, it may be time.
Fenbendazole (Safeguard) can be found at TSC. Dose is .23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.

http://www.farad.org/publications/digests/122015EggResidue.pdf

I have never wormed my chickens before. I often wondered if she might have them as she’s skinny , but I thought we’d see more signs if it was worms. Thanks so much for your help!

 

[Meandmyhens3]

She is about 2 years old. She was laying but hasn’t for a couple of days now. As far as I know there are no issues with her crop. I have bathed her and it’s very hard to remove from her feathers. If she had a parasite like worms that’s causing it wouldn’t that have spread to the other chickens by now, or if it was caused by a bacterial infection? I also am not sure when it will be safe to eat the eggs after using the nystatin.

To be safe, don’t eat her eggs for at least 2 to 4 weeks after the last dosage was given. I’m not sure how long nystatin takes to leave the body but most antibiotics take that long. If you want to wait longer you can.