vent gleet, worms, yeast infection?

[coco bean]

Hi all. Looking for advice on an Easter Egger who is 1.5 years old. When we came home from a trip on 12/28 we found our liveliest chicken not doing so well. Her bum was covered in fecal matter, she was not her usual active self and she had lost weight. We have quarantined her ever since, but she does not seem to be getting better. We bath her twice a day, she is on pro and prebiotics, oregano and alternating days of electrolytes. She eats and drinks, her belly is not hard, and she has food in her crop. These pictures are from 3 days ago, since then I have trimmed the feathers. I would take her to the vet but could not find in the area that would treat chickens.

 

[azygous]

Your location is critically important. We need to know what season it is and what your climate is.

Have you ever wormed your flock? If so, when?

Were your chickens free-ranging while you were away? Is there any compost they have access to? Again, climate is an important factor.

What are the chickens fed, including all scraps and treats aside from feed? How is the feed kept? Can rodents access it? Can it have gotten damp?

What is your water source? Well, city water, reclaimed rain water, etc.

What sort of bedding and substrate is in the coop and run? Do you regularly clean out feces or turn them under? Does coop and run smell like ammonia and sulfur in coop and run?

 

[coco bean]

Your location is critically important. We need to know what season it is and what your climate is.

Have you ever wormed your flock? If so, when?

Were your chickens free-ranging while you were away? Is there any compost they have access to? Again, climate is an important factor.

What are the chickens fed, including all scraps and treats aside from feed? How is the feed kept? Can rodents access it? Can it have gotten damp?

What is your water source? Well, city water, reclaimed rain water, etc.

What sort of bedding and substrate is in the coop and run? Do you regularly clean out feces or turn them under? Does coop and run smell like ammonia and sulfur in coop and run?

Thank you for responding.
We are from Northeast PA. While we were away the temperatures were in the 12 - 20 F - which is unusual cold.
We have never wormed the flock. They would have remained in the chicken run and had no access to compost.
They are fed layer pellets and a sunflower mix for an occasional treat. The food is stored in the mud room and is not exposed to any elements or rodents. I don't remember the food being wet in the feeder.
City water is what is given to them in a heated plastic waterer.
Both the coop and the run have pine shavings are cleaned/turned over weekly. I did notice when we came back the pine shavings in the run were no longer there. There are no unusual or strong smells of either ammonia or sulfer.

 

[azygous]

If there's no mold in the bedding or run substrate, it's unlikely this is vent gleet. She could have picked up some E.coli and it's what's causing this. Even the best cared for runs and coops can have bacteria.

Do you happen to have any antibiotics on hand, an old prescription for a family member, perhaps?

Call your feed store and ask what they have over the counter.

I forgot to instruct you to check her crop. Do it now. I assume she hasn't had much appetite, so her crop should be pretty flat. It it's full like a water balloon instead, then we may have found the problem.

 

[coco bean]

If there's no mold in the bedding or run substrate, it's unlikely this is vent gleet. She could have picked up some E.coli and it's what's causing this. Even the best cared for runs and coops can have bacteria.

Do you happen to have any antibiotics on hand, an old prescription for a family member, perhaps?

Call your feed store and ask what they have over the counter.

I forgot to instruct you to check her crop. Do it now. I assume she hasn't had much appetite, so her crop should be pretty flat. It it's full like a water balloon instead, then we may have found the problem.

I checked her crop and it was flat.
I found some amoxicillin 875 MG tablets. The local feed stores are either of stock or not carrying.

 

[azygous]

You can use that amoxicillin. Divide into 250mg doses and give 250mg per day for ten days. This is what I recommend since we've pretty much ruled out everything else other than infection.