Need help , hen doesn’t look good

[Chicken_loverXx]

So lately the past few days grape hasn’t been looking so good I thought that it was because she has feathers coming in but now she has been staying in the shed and not eating or drinking along with that she has like poop all over her butt. Could it be vent gleet??! Im really worried

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I’m thinking vent gleet, but it could be due to intestinal parasites. You could treat for both to be safe. It never hurts to deworm.

 

[Chicken_loverXx]

I’m thinking vent gleet, but it could be due to intestinal parasites. You could treat for both to be safe. It never hurts to deworm.

Thank you for replying yes I’ll definitely treat for both

 

[Chicken_loverXx]

What’s the best way to treat vent gleek I’ve never had to deal with this until now

 

[humblehillsfarm]

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

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Awww poor baby, so sorry she isn't well. I've had very few occasions with a messy poopy butt & it was usually a Homing Pigeon, never any of my chickens, yet anyway. So I didn't even know what vent gleet was, I just looked it up, very interesting, because when my pigeon had poopy butt it was coccidiosis, and the treatment was enrofloxicin. But vent gleet would get worse with antibiotics, since it is a yeast infection. I guess the 1st issue is proper diagnosis, so we'd know how to proceed & treat. Can you take a fecal sample to a vet for diagnosis? Unless you happen to have a microscope handy? Do you smell just a stinky odor or can you also detect that fermentation smell?

This is interesting info on gleet I found.
https://www.birdhealth.com.au/vent-gleet
This is info on coccidiosis
https://www.acreagelife.com/hobby-f...chickens-transmission-diagnosis-and-treatment

Both result in a "stinky poopy butt" but I wonder, does the gleet have really strong or faint fermented sauerkraut odor? I don't like trying to diagnose my birds simply by appearance and smell, but if the nearest veterinarian is 3 hours away sometimes ya gotta do what you gotta do, & I've been darn lucky. I used to have a wonderful, knowledgeable man to call, he was known as Dr. Pigeon, they still sell Dr. Pigeon products at Foy's, but he passed on a few yrs ago, he took phone calls from all over the world & would help anyone with any animals, he talked me through successfully stitching up my 1st hawk attack victim decades ago, really miss that kind, humble soul! Sorry, off topic I know, but I learned so much from him, he was the sweet grandpop with a lifetime of knowledge & old home remedies that really worked.

I sure hope your hen will be OK!
Good luck to you & your little sweetie, hopefully she will be strutting around with a fluffy butt instead of a crusty butt very soon!

 

[Chicken_loverXx]

In 10 mins we are taking grape to the vet this is my first time ever taking a chicken to the vets I didn’t even know they treated chickens but we are taking her because she is not in great form at all I had to feed her through a serenge just to get some liquid into her I’m really really hoping she will be okay I don’t want to lose her

 

[ThatTeowonna]

I took my chick to the vet. It was costly, and she still died. But at least I knew exactly what the problem was. It was a costly lesson but a lesson none the less. Good luck and keep us in the loop.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

View attachment 2409458In 10 mins we are taking grape to the vet this is my first time ever taking a chicken to the vets I didn’t even know they treated chickens but we are taking her because she is not in great form at all I had to feed her through a serenge just to get some liquid into her I’m really really hoping she will be okay I don’t want to lose her

*hugs* I hope you get some answers.

 

[Chicken_loverXx]

thank you also I got an answer she possibly has blood cancer so the vet give her 3 injections of anti bionics and vitamins and tomorrow at 10am she's getting some more injection and hopefully this will help but if it doesn't help might die. he told us to make sure to give grape plenty of liquids so we are hoping she will recover