Something Crazy With My Hen’s Vent

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Update: sadly she passed away on April 30th. I don’t think there was any use trying to save her anymore Because she got a pasty butt again which was a sign she may have gotten her egg problem again, so then I took her in for a few days to see if she’ll eat and drink after cleaning her butt. She looked well but she was getting skinnier and skinnier and wasn’t eating much. It must be some egg issue or internal issue that I can’t save her from. The day I let her out to just be a free chicken, she was low energy, didn’t eat or drink much, just stood around or hid. Also, she didn’t go into the coop that night. She slept deep under the porch right under the doorstep, alone, to die peacefully. She was still alive when I checked up on her through the cracks And I wouldn’t have known she was down there if it weren’t for my dog barking at her. But by morning my dog and I checked and I could peep her sitting, head facing downward with no movement and eyes closed. I knew she’d passed away. It was sucky because the days she passed were very rainy and our porch has very tight space and would have to crawl in so I didn’t wanna get into that awkward and muddy situation. It took about a week until it became sunny again and I took her corpse and buried her in my garden. She was surprisingly still warm(of course w/ the feathers), no rot or bugs, no stench, it was as if she were just dead minutes ago, so fresh And not even wet from the rain that was pouring days before. She passed pretty young but I guess she was a production breed which may have been the problem. Maybe the strain of production has extremely large eggs that the hens can’t handle overtime. Or it may have been what the owners before me fed her to cause such large eggs, because they were just gigantic. Got her January 1st 2021, she was about 9 months when I got her so I guess she lived to be 2&1/2 years or so. I’m very shocked that my orange hen has surpassed both of my other production hens I’ve raised since 2017 and she was probably a year or two when I had gotten her too. One of my first hens of the flock recently passed away in December, she was here than all of them since she was about 4 months, in 2017. She died of canker, one of the first canker situations I’ve ever dealt with in chickens. It was terminal because it was much too late and she couldn’t eat without bearing the pain. It’s sad, but as pet or animal owners we have to expect the unexpected and be prepared for the tough times. Anyways here’s some photos of her and her flockmates. The Balck Sexlink Ben was the one that passed in December. The orange hen is possibly 5-7 years old at this point. She’s still lively just slower and actually is starting to lay eggs a bit frequently again. Wow!