Sick Rhode Island Red

[DoctorHouse]

Is she hunched over? Are her eyes half shut? Are her feathers ruffled? Does she stand on the ground rather than roost with her flock mates? If one of the answers is 'yes', then your hen may have vent gleet, or more commonly known as nasty chicken butt.

Don't worry. If it is vent gleet, then you just have to more thoroughly wash your hen's vent. Yogurt is a natural treatment. Olive oil is supposed to help too, which you can add sparingly to the yogurt. Epsom salt is said to work as well, though I have never tried that myself. However, if you give your RIR an Epsom salt bath, she might poop out anything she needs to. It's a great laxative. Anyways, be sure to check out the BYC thread on vent gleet. Hope your hen feels better soon.

 

[AngryRooster]

Status Update:

She now refuses to come down from the area I've put my nesting boxes and she is pooping out solids, with a little yolk-like substance. I've tried to feed her and provide water though shes only taken a sip and pecked only one time at the food.

I'm just wondering, but if shes pooped out lash, would hat have anything to do with her ailment?

 

[AngryRooster]

Thank you all for your help! I put antibiotics in my chickens' water and she got better. Once again, thank you!