Her vent doesn't look raw, but the vaseline won't hurt. You mention that she seemed that she was trying to poop - what does her poop look like? Is it really dry like she may be constipated?
) but she keeps trying push kind of like an egg bound hen. She was pooping little watery amounts afterwards. I fed her some scrambled eggs and I added hydro hen to her water. I did read you can put a tiny bit of honey on their vent to help if it prolapses?
Sounds like she may be constipated. See that she's drinking well, some birds do not like additive to the water, so watch and see if she drinks the hydro hen. If she's still struggling to poop you can give her about 1/2 tsp coconut or mineral oil (1 time) to see if that gets things moving.She had a healthy appearing but large long poop of that makes sense right after her treatment with the Q tip. (Chicken mom talk
I think the light was a little low but we have only had them two days and she did have some poop stuck to her when we got her. I rose the light up and temperature directly under the light is 85. Light is in the middle, food and water one end, and a stuffy they cuddle with on the other so they can escape the heat. Temp 78 on the ends.
Did you purchase her from a hatchery or local breeder? I ask because of the other feather types associated with silkies. I raise showgirls, sizzles, frizzled and silkie feathered silkies and I often see chicks with bare bottoms. Unless they are showgirls they usually feather out fine without any problems.
I got her from a pet store called Pratt’s Pets. They are my first Silkies and partially why I posted was to see if this was a thing with them. Most I have found is they are more proun to pasty butt according to the internet?
