Is it normal for a chicken to have a white discharge after laying an egg? My silver wyandotte just laid an egg and I noticed a white discharge from her vent (I couldn’t get a picture). Is this normal? I haven’t noticed it before.
White discharge after laying
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Silkie_Lover1
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It could be vent gleet, my silkie had that once and I just had to wash it off.
Hard to say what it might be, don't panic, just keep and eye on things back there.
Are her eggs poopy?
Was there a lot of discharge or just a dribble?
Are the feathers under the vent soiled?
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It was about the size of a nickel if you put it all together. Her vent is clear otherwise, feathers barely Poopy. Egg was clean. A couple of my other girls had pretty poopy butts that I had to trim their feathers.
Suggestions on why their butts may be like that? About once a week I give them a head of cabbage to nibble on, it’s usually gone in a day! I have 10 girls.
Do the poopy butts coincide with the cabbage ingestion?
Extra wet food(fruits and many vegs) can make for runny poops.
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I’ll have to keep an eye on that. I won’t give them cabbage for a while and see how it goes. What else could I hang that wouldn’t cause that?
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A tether ball?
I don't know, sorry, I don't give my birds many 'treats'
Do yours get strictly chicken food, no people food at all?
Pretty much....I free feed 20% flock raiser and toss some scratch grains daily.
I give some other stuff once in awhile.
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