What does it look like when a chicken has a vent?
When examining the vent, it appears to have a whitish discharge that can sometimes smell like fermenting yeast. The feathers surrounding the vent and backside are often missing and coated with fecal material as well as yeasty discharge and some crusting. The skin around the vent can also appear reddened and irritated.
Why do hens lose feathers near their vent?
Some hens lose feather near their vent because they have a continual stream for thin diarrhea. This might be vent gleet, which is an intractable yeast infection. I’ve written about it here.
What does it mean when a bird has a vent?
Vent Gleet is characterized by fouling of the feathers with poo, urates and exudate, (mucus) around the vent, and a sometimes an evil, nasty smelling discharge.
What should you do if your chicken has vent Gleet?
A chicken that has vent gleet should not be viewed as being a weaker flock member. Vent gleet can occur in any chicken. By instituting a few simple measures and treating any infected chickens in the flock, soon everyone’s’ butts will be fluffy again. The fluffy butts of Tilly’s Nest.
When examining the vent, it appears to have a whitish discharge that can sometimes smell like fermenting yeast. The feathers surrounding the vent and backside are often missing and coated with fecal material as well as yeasty discharge and some crusting. The skin around the vent can also appear reddened and irritated.
A chicken that has vent gleet should not be viewed as being a weaker flock member. Vent gleet can occur in any chicken. By instituting a few simple measures and treating any infected chickens in the flock, soon everyone’s’ butts will be fluffy again. The fluffy butts of Tilly’s Nest.
Vent Gleet is characterized by fouling of the feathers with poo, urates and exudate, (mucus) around the vent, and a sometimes an evil, nasty smelling discharge.
Why are my chickens losing feathers around the vent?
A few started to lose feathers on near the vent and now it is beat red and it looks chapped. Then another chicken is losing feathers behind her wings and again it is red. I looked for any parasites and did not find anything.
