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Little update: She had the sutures for a week and then when they were removed she stayed intact and has been fine ever since! Just want other people with prolapsed chickens to know that even if it is serious and needs stitches, they do help and can get better! She's been laying eggs fine and...

Oh my gosh, I think it's a severe case of Vent Gleet! I noticed my other ladies have white streaks down their butts but naively assumed it was just chickens being normally messy... now it's a matter of determining fungal or bacterial! She's already on antibiotics from her crazy open wound stage...

She ate a whole bowl of scrambled eggs these past 2 mornings and even walked around, pooped fine and started preening herself! Things are looking up, but I'm still keeping her darkness and holding my breath. I just noticed a rubber egg from one of my other chickens though!! And a normal egg...

That does make a lot of sense, unfortunately this vet says it being loose was how she managed to push past it last time so we did a thicker stitch and I have no way to alter it. I got really frustrated when she started pushing and pushing like there was no tomorrow and thought I might need to...

She ripped the suture and is now openly prolapsing through the vent as before

Yea, in hindsight, I should've cut the suture when I was able to see the poop clearly and help her get more out instead letting her get crusty overnight :barnie now she busted it anyway and it's all a mess The vet can see us in an hour so I am soaking her to the best of my abilities. Further...

She busted through the sutures and is back to straining every minute! Luckily her vent looks stronger now, but the issue is poop dried inside now! epsom salt soak number 3 is taking place, with witch hazel and dawn soap in the mix to try to dissolve the poop. I found a honey bandage at cvs and...

What's the dosage for this in a chicken??

Just got a rock hard chunk out! Poor girl.

Yes indeed, I need to get this girl cleared out! The stitches are loose enough for a little poop but unfortunately this colossal giant needs a full runway and her current situation is keeping it in. I just woke up and can hear her still grunting :( and it looks like she was straining all night...

My 1yo Cochin has had quite a week, as we found her severely prolapsed on Sunday. She has been purse string sutured up after we got the closest egg out, hoping she will chill out and heal. Well, today she has been straining to get a poop out rather violently and I went in to investigate: she...

Good point Ahh gotcha! They gave her a small dose of Baytril just because she was still kinda crusty when they put her back in so wanted to be safe. I plan on keeping her under supervision for a couple weeks anyway so hopefully that'll be enough! My husband would agree that we didn't have the...

Oh awesome! I used to live down on the Santa Cruz Mountains, and that makes sense that there are more in that direction since it's a little rural. I'll definitely look into them!

I have been relatively lucky with my small flock, but my recent prolapse scare had me wondering where all the chicken specialists are?! It seems that most vets are not comfortable with chickens and we are left to our own devices (making me contemplate going back to school to become a vet...

Luna is the splash Cochin in the foreground... definitely a big bird!