"Puffy chicken with chalky yellow discharge from vent"

[buttercreamgal]

I went out to see my chickens today and one of my australorps was all puffed up and moving slowly, with a chalky yellow discharge from her vent, not a lot but I haven't seen this before (I'm also new to chickens though). Wondering what this is, what I can do for her? (I posted this in the new member area before I realized it should have gone here - sorry for the double post!)

 

[tiki244]

This is only one possibility vent gleet ~ does she have a yeasty smell? They do not necassarily have to have all the symptoms to have it. just some http://www.ultimatefowl.com/wiki/index.php?title=Vent_Gleet

I will check to see if there is any other possible things

 

[tiki244]

What are her droppings like? I am not sure what it could be. Here are a few more links>

index if poultry diseases http://www.ultimatefowl.com/wiki/index.php?title=Poultry_Disease

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/posts/add/threadId/164968/toquote/1986213

Maybe someone else has some more ideas. I hope you can figure it out and treat her. Have you ever medicated her for anything? How are her droppings?

 

[new chick 203]

Does it almost look like cooked egg? It sounds like EYP (egg yolk peritonitis). It's when the egg doesn't drop properly and it gets infected.

http://www.avianweb.com/eggyolkperitonitis.html

I had a girl who laid allot of shell-less eggs get it. I hope she gets better soon.

 

[buttercreamgal]

Well, after a lot of reading I was worried it was possibly prolapse. I got some warm water to try and clean it off but when I went to wipe it, part of it broke off!!!! It was a thin, papery-like material. I gently pulled the rest out and it was knobby at the other end. Possibly something she shouldn't have eaten? She's still pretty lethargic. I got her to eat a little bread soaked in water. Her droppings were small, watery, brown and yellow. I haven't medicated any of my chickens, just layer pellets, water, and occasional scratch and bread. It sounds a little like EYP. I'll look that up now. Thanks so much for the information - those chickens are like family

 

[new chick 203]

Hope you figure it out soon. It's so hard when this stuff happens.

 

[buttercreamgal]

She's still not doing well. Just sitting on the perch with her tail feathers down. If it is egg yolk peritonitis, is there anything I can do for her? Went to TSC and they didn't have penicillin - only for cows. If this is not something she'll recover from, what's the most humane way to put down a chicken? I don't want her to suffer. Thanks for the help!