Vent Gleet and Nutrition Help

[Bawkbok]

Does she eat dairy??? Just wondering if she has loose stools.

The only dairy they receive is greek yogurt, sugar free, a couple times a week. Not loose stools, soft and gooey, think dairy queen soft serve. She seems to be better today. Clean vent and butt feathers are nice and clean so hoping it was just something she ate in the yard that didn't agree with her.

 

[Momsbusiness]

I am glad yours is better. I have been doing my own research to better care for our hens, as my husband was doing most of the their care for the past couple of years and we seemed to be loosing too many hens too soon so i thought. Hahaha. One of mine now has vent gleet and was also prolapsed. The prolapsed issue has been gently fixed. She is an Amberlink. So she may continue to have these issues due to her bed i understand. Anyway, in my newer research of foods I found that chickens are lactose intolerant, so though yogurt is good for them in respect of pro biotics, prolapsed and calcium, they can get loose stools from even a small amount if they are very intolerant. I was unaware of that myself and he too.

 

[Bawkbok]

I am glad yours is better. I have been doing my own research to better care for our hens, as my husband was doing most of the their care for the past couple of years and we seemed to be loosing too many hens too soon so i thought. Hahaha. One of mine now has vent gleet and was also prolapsed. The prolapsed issue has been gently fixed. She is an Amberlink. So she may continue to have these issues due to her bed i understand. Anyway, in my newer research of foods I found that chickens are lactose intolerant, so though yogurt is good for them in respect of pro biotics, prolapsed and calcium, they can get loose stools from even a small amount if they are very intolerant. I was unaware of that myself and he too.

Thank you for the clarification. I've read on here where some folks offer milk or bread soaked milk, yogurt, etc. It never made sense to me that chickens like milk but given the state of her poop, I thought I would try it. I will definitely minimize or eliminate this from their diet. Thank you.
It's great you were able to mitigate the prolapse. We lost one to a prolapsed vent and they are definitely scary to deal with. I hope your girl gets better.