StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff
In the Brooder
Would really like to know what is wrong with poor little Beatrice.
I have had her 9 weeks, she is an ex-batt and I got her from a small independent 'rescue' group.
Ever since she arrived she has had a problem with a leaky vent and dirty feathers. She was picked on so much by the other 2 that I had them re-homed a week after they all arrived. I am new to chicken keeping and did not have the facilities to separate them.
She has had all the usual things recommended for vent gleet, no change. She is now on her third lot of anti-biotics - 1. Tylan 2. Nystatin 3. Noroclav. I have treated her for worms and lice and mites.
Every morning she gets up at 7.30, having already laid her egg and within 15 -30 mins she has a watery discharge dripping from her vent, down her feathers. You can see it dripping onto the ground, it is clear but possibly a slightly whitey colour. The leakage tends to last up to an hour and then stops or is not noticeable. If I wash her she will often have lovely clean feathers all day until the next morning.
I don't believe it is vent gleet - does that run as a clear fluid? It is not a broken egg. The vet thinks that the leak might be urates, I'm not convinced but it is possible. She is eating and drinking well. Passing mostly normal poos - anti-biotics are causing some dodgy ones. She is alert and interested in everything, she is not unwell in herself. She generally lays everyday since the she had one stuck a week after she arrived. Last week she had a couple of soft shelled eggs which I am putting down to the ABs or anti-inflammatories vet prescribed.
I think she was not rescued at the time that I got her, she did not have any feather loss apart from her tail feathers missing whereas the other 2 were 'oven ready'. I think this might be a long term problem which someone decided to pass on to someone else...me! So don't know how old she is but think more than 18 months.
The other problem is that she is lonely. I spend as much time as I can with her, but I cannot get any more hens while she has this problem (plus the cat is terrified by her
). I cannot get her re-homed while she has this problem.
Does anyone have any ideas please? I want to do the best for Bea but I really don't know what else to try.
I have had her 9 weeks, she is an ex-batt and I got her from a small independent 'rescue' group.
Ever since she arrived she has had a problem with a leaky vent and dirty feathers. She was picked on so much by the other 2 that I had them re-homed a week after they all arrived. I am new to chicken keeping and did not have the facilities to separate them.
She has had all the usual things recommended for vent gleet, no change. She is now on her third lot of anti-biotics - 1. Tylan 2. Nystatin 3. Noroclav. I have treated her for worms and lice and mites.
Every morning she gets up at 7.30, having already laid her egg and within 15 -30 mins she has a watery discharge dripping from her vent, down her feathers. You can see it dripping onto the ground, it is clear but possibly a slightly whitey colour. The leakage tends to last up to an hour and then stops or is not noticeable. If I wash her she will often have lovely clean feathers all day until the next morning.
I don't believe it is vent gleet - does that run as a clear fluid? It is not a broken egg. The vet thinks that the leak might be urates, I'm not convinced but it is possible. She is eating and drinking well. Passing mostly normal poos - anti-biotics are causing some dodgy ones. She is alert and interested in everything, she is not unwell in herself. She generally lays everyday since the she had one stuck a week after she arrived. Last week she had a couple of soft shelled eggs which I am putting down to the ABs or anti-inflammatories vet prescribed.
I think she was not rescued at the time that I got her, she did not have any feather loss apart from her tail feathers missing whereas the other 2 were 'oven ready'. I think this might be a long term problem which someone decided to pass on to someone else...me! So don't know how old she is but think more than 18 months.
The other problem is that she is lonely. I spend as much time as I can with her, but I cannot get any more hens while she has this problem (plus the cat is terrified by her
). I cannot get her re-homed while she has this problem.Does anyone have any ideas please? I want to do the best for Bea but I really don't know what else to try.
