Hello Everyone,
I received two Malay Pullets in the mail a couple of weeks ago. They've begun to lay.
I was out of town for their first week here - however, one of them came down with a really dirty and pasty butt. Upon further inspection the anus and whole area seems to have abscess.
I bathed the bird in [tub 1]Castile Soap (Murphy's Vegetable Oil Soap) w/ 20 Mule Team Borax; [tub 2]water and bleach, and finished with [tub 3] a vinegar and water bath.
I trimmed all the feathers in the vent area. And this is the picture after the bath. Anyone encounter anything like this before? It looks horrible. She defecated as I was towel-drying her and the feces appears normal and solid, however it had some whitish discharge thereafter. Also, they are both laying and I suspect this one has been laying soft/no shell eggs (just membranes - this leads me to believe she is a first-time layer?).
Their diets have been consistent, Purina layer pellets, oyster shells, and black oil sunflower seeds. I've sporadically fed them turkey polt crumble as well.
I think it was too wet and muddy their first week here and they had no place to dust bathe. I've since changed out all their bedding to dry shavings and have given them piles of sandbox-quality sand to dust bathe. She is the only pullet exhibiting these problems. The other Malay definitely looks more full and plump and she lays normal looking eggs.
Thank you all in advance for your help.
-Chad
I received two Malay Pullets in the mail a couple of weeks ago. They've begun to lay.
I was out of town for their first week here - however, one of them came down with a really dirty and pasty butt. Upon further inspection the anus and whole area seems to have abscess.
I bathed the bird in [tub 1]Castile Soap (Murphy's Vegetable Oil Soap) w/ 20 Mule Team Borax; [tub 2]water and bleach, and finished with [tub 3] a vinegar and water bath.
I trimmed all the feathers in the vent area. And this is the picture after the bath. Anyone encounter anything like this before? It looks horrible. She defecated as I was towel-drying her and the feces appears normal and solid, however it had some whitish discharge thereafter. Also, they are both laying and I suspect this one has been laying soft/no shell eggs (just membranes - this leads me to believe she is a first-time layer?).
Their diets have been consistent, Purina layer pellets, oyster shells, and black oil sunflower seeds. I've sporadically fed them turkey polt crumble as well.
I think it was too wet and muddy their first week here and they had no place to dust bathe. I've since changed out all their bedding to dry shavings and have given them piles of sandbox-quality sand to dust bathe. She is the only pullet exhibiting these problems. The other Malay definitely looks more full and plump and she lays normal looking eggs.
Thank you all in advance for your help.
-Chad
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