- Apr 23, 2007
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One of my hens has poop all over her back end and is acting just like when I had one die from an egg getting stuck. The stuck egg ended in death after I helped remove the egg manually on the one hen.
Now this poor girl has apparently passed an egg, but it left her... inside out--for lack of a better term. Her intestine, er whatever is partially on the outside of her layin' hole.
I gloved up and tried to reduce it back into place with my finger, but it keeps falling back out like a prolapse. There is no egg in there. Is there anything that can be done at this point, or should I kill her to prevent suffering?
Also, if this means she will be unable to lay eggs long term, I have absolutely no interest in saving her...my hens must earn their keep. What saddens me is to lose a hen at prime age after feeding her all this time.
Any fix for this?
Thanks!
Poly
Now this poor girl has apparently passed an egg, but it left her... inside out--for lack of a better term. Her intestine, er whatever is partially on the outside of her layin' hole.
I gloved up and tried to reduce it back into place with my finger, but it keeps falling back out like a prolapse. There is no egg in there. Is there anything that can be done at this point, or should I kill her to prevent suffering?
Also, if this means she will be unable to lay eggs long term, I have absolutely no interest in saving her...my hens must earn their keep. What saddens me is to lose a hen at prime age after feeding her all this time.
Any fix for this?
Thanks!
Poly
