Please help! Is this a prolapsed vent?

[LaFleche]

Is she the only chick or why would she always hang around with the ducks?

Ducks are very sweet but always messy and humid and their typal bacterial range is not very healthy for chickens even more so for young chicks to grow up with.
This is also one of the reasons it is advisable to keep them in separate coops. The ducks bacteria range even effects the hatchability of chicken eggs in quite a bad way, they tend do die from these bacteria around day 12.

 

[LaFleche]

Her vent area and surrounding feathers are always wet looking and the vent looks like it has had runny poo on it.

Should I repeat the treatment for gleet? Something else?

You could try the moro carrot soup https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-help-with-gut-flora.1372260/post-22571912

 

[mldoublee]

Is she the only chick or why would she always hang around with the ducks?

Ducks are very sweet but always messy and humid and their typal bacterial range is not very healthy for chickens even more so for young chicks to grow up with.
This is also one of the reasons it is advisable to keep them in separate coops. The ducks bacteria range even effects the hatchability of chicken eggs in quite a bad way, they tend do die from these bacteria around day 12.

Yes, she's the only poult. When I got her, I had gotten 2 but the other one had escaped the brooder one night and died from being too cold unfortunately. It wasn't the best situation =( So that's why she hangs out with the ducks. I have always worried it wasn't the best for her health. She has her own sleeping area in the barn, though, that is duckless.

I have a chicken coop with about 12 hens. I had planned to try to introduce the turkey poult to them, but since she got on so well with the ducks, I figured it would be less stressful for everyone. And soon she'll be too large to fit through the coop door. I'm not sure what the best move is honestly.

 

[LaFleche]

Yes, she's the only poult. ...
I have a chicken coop with about 12 hens. I had planned to try to introduce the turkey poult to them, but since she got on so well with the ducks, I figured it would be less stressful for everyone. And soon she'll be too large to fit through the coop door. I'm not sure what the best move is honestly.

In that case it might be best to get her some company of her own kind and same age in a separate coop and run until old enough to free-range with the chickens.

As long as she hangs out with and around the ducks her runny poo problem will continue and may even get worse.

 

[mldoublee]

In that case it might be best to get her some company of her own kind and same age in a separate coop and run until old enough to free-range with the chickens.

As long as she hangs out with and around the ducks her runny poo problem will continue and may even get worse.

Ok, thank you. I really appreciate this. I had suspected it but it's really helpful to have someone else put it into perspective for me.

 

[LaFleche]

Whatever you decide, please keep us updated on how she is doing.