What causes vent to contract continually?

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Hello. I am a new addition to the community. I have used so much of this information on one of my hens. Hers is recurrent. She has had it for about a year. She is the only hen /bird in my flock that has it.
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I have surmised she must have some imbalance, like you compared chickens to humans
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. A lot of remedies are like for humans. I have used just about all natural remedies for this as well as some over the counter, human female cream
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. I have even used essential oils, lavender is best. I just keep her clean by bathing and apply ointments.....I would appreciate anyone updating if they have a hen that has had this for so long. I had thought of culling her at one time, but she is a wonderful addition to my flock. She has continued to lay eggs through it all. I even have babies from her. I have yet to see if it is passed to offspring. It would be wonderful to rid her of this, as I would think it is very uncomfortable. Any advice is appreciated.
 
Hi I put my new (old) hen back with the rest last week. But today she laid a funky silly putty like egg. It has many many layers.
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One hen made this another Hen layed a super thin shelled egg and then I have my four beautiful eggs from my original hens that are perfect.
 
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Thought I'd step in with some chicken anatomy info after I cracked open my old animal anatomy books from college.

Chickens (and all birds) do not have the muscles in their ribs or a diaphragm under their lungs like mammals do. Additionally, their lungs don't expand and contract quite like ours do. To breathe, they actually expand and contract their lower abdominal walls. The 'contracting' you see might actually be her breathing :D The air is drawn in when they relax their abdominal muscles, enters through their nostrils and beaks, goes down the trachea, through their major lungs, then into the air sacs located around her body. Then they contract their abdominal muscles and the air sacs empty through the lungs, and back through the trachea, and out through their beaks and nostrils. They actually scrub the air of oxygen twice for each breath they take! It's a pretty unique and interesting way of breathing.

The vent gleet, on the other hand, can be irritating to the bird, and can in very extreme cases scar their vent and make it hard for them to lay properly. If you have a warm place to put her for a while, take her in, wash her 'butt', and let her dry, then apply some human anti yeast medicine to the area (wear gloves, of course). You may have to treat her several times if it's really persistent. I have a hen that's driving me up the wall with it too, but she's one of my best and healthiest birds otherwise. Adding some yoghurt to their diet every other day has certainly seemed to reduce the 'nasty bum' symptoms.
 
I feel bad for Daisy. I have done the above except keep in her inside. I wish she didn't have to deal with this stuff. I am happy that it doesn't appear to be contagious since she is the only one with it. I think I will try the multiple times approach. The last go round with yeast medication was a 7 day treatment. I will try another round and see if it helps. Thank you for you input.
 
Have you guys thought about treating fungal vent gleet with something like fluconazole or ketoconazole, both you can get OTC for use in tropical fish. Problem with topical creams is that they only work on the yeast it touches.

-Kathy
 

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