Vent gleet

[Chicken0401]

HELP!
I’m a new chicken mom. Just have 3 of my own since may. They are all healthy and good. Someone asked me if I would be able to rescue this chicken. She had a small prolapse and he didn’t have the time or patience to give her the care she needed but she was acting so normal otherwise he didn’t have the heart to just put her down. I gave her Epson salt baths every day for a few days and put a little raw honey on it. It healed nicely and she lays eggs just fine but after it was healed she started having white sticky and stinky discharge. She eats, drinks and acts totally normal! I’ve tried lots of home remedies that I’ve read to try and none worked. I just tried oral canesten and putting the canesten cream on her vent and it does seem to be better but not gone. It seem to be getting bad again and looks like dry white patches on the cone. Also stinky and watery liquid coming from the vent sometimes. I have her isolated and she’s never been with my chickens. Im hoping to get her completely healthy and add her to my chicken family soon. I’m doing my best to help her but I’m getting so discouraged.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is her crop emptying overnight? I would try feeding a spoonful of plain Greek yogurt with live cultures every day for a week, and then every 2-3 days. What does she eat?

 

[josephinefarmsw]

I am currently caring for a hen with vent gleet, exact symptoms you describe. When I found her she was sitting down in the coop at night with her bum in the air, not a usual behavior for her. She had the same yellow sticky substance around her vent, smelled horrible and having watering diarrhea. I gave her a warm epsom bath with tea tree oil in it, which is a natural anti-fungal. The dosage of the drops would depend on how much water you are using in the tub. She immediately relaxed. I then applied coconut oil, another natural anti-fungal to the outside and inside of the vent. I gave her yogurt and poultry probiotic/vitamins in her water. This morning she smelled and looked much better. This morning I repeated the bath and then started a treatment of Monistat Cream (drugstore brand for people). Make sure to put it inside and outside gently. My hen relaxed immediately and seemed like she felt much better. I will repeat that for several days and monitor her progress but it seems to be improving hour by hour. She is eating and drinking fine, however I am unsure if hens keep laying during this time. I do worry about prolapse or necrotic eggs. We’ll see what happens. If her improvement slows or stops I will use this Nyastin powder, which I’ve heard will solve if home remedies don’t. https://birdpalproducts.com/products/fungistat-powder

My hen had fly strike 6 months ago and we caught it in time to save her. It’s my belief that recovery and the injury to her vent has are her weakened in that area as she is prone to poopy bum and I check her a lot for this reason. She’s a tough one and keeps recovering which is pretty remarkable.

I can’t say enough good things about the epsom tea tree oil baths though. It really calms them down. It won’t cure the problem but you were right to start there.