Pasty Butt in an older chicken

[NYchickenman]

I have been reading all the info on the issue of pasty butt and it all refers to chicks..I have a 1 year old hen who seems healthy is eating and moving about fine however...she seems to have pasty butt!! Also it appears that there is a dripping from her butt.What do I do..and her butt looks very red when I cleaned her. Any suggestions?

 

[Terri O]

Do you think an egg has broken inside? Is she egg bound? Or is the pastyness around the shafts of her feathers and stuck like louse eggs? Maybe a picture or a little better description would be in order. When she poos is it normal, runny, really big or bloody? Terri O

 

[gameboygal12]

does it look anything like this?? that sounds a lot like what happened to one of my hens.

 

[jophoto]

This is kinda like what mine looked like today that I just posted about - what is this picture of? And is the chicken okay now? What did you do?

 

[gameboygal12]

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supposedly it's called "vent gleet". here's a link of things to help cure it
http://ultimatefowl.atwiki.com/page/Vent GleetI tried the best I could to help cure her. but sadly, she died of her vent getting blocked. you gotta do exactly what they say to do in the link.

 

[SheilaTheBrave]

oh no. I think one of our older hens that we just got last week has vent gleet!

we washed her backside this morning to see if that helps.

 

[Bravo]

Sometimes it is just because of their food. By any chance do you have chick/broiler/gamebird feed they can get into? Too high of protein can give them diarrhea.