Bleeding chicken!

[Ali Gator]

I hatched out an Easter Egger and it is nine weeks old. She keeps getting poop stuck to her butt and we noticed a reddish thing sticking out of her bottom. There is blood all over the roosting rod in the coop and I think it is coming from her. Is there anything I can do?

 

[Ali Gator]

The chick has gotten really bad pasty butt twice, the second time is when we noticed the thing sticking out.I don't think I could get pictures because she is to fast.

 

[chelsea12]

Did you research vent prolapse? Check out this link for more information. I have several birds suffering from what I believe is a prolapse right now so if/when they heal up, I'll let you know what worked. For now, I think just time. I would strongly recommend isolating your hen from the flock though, as the others will start to peck at her exposed flesh which can eventually kill the bird.

 

[Ali Gator]

We gave her yogurt she is much better. I think she had vent gleet as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

We gave her yogurt she is much better. I think she had vent gleet as well.

I would check out the link for vent prolapse that chelsea12 gave in post #3. Nine week old chicks don't generally get vent gleet. Prolapse is fairly common, and the prolapse can come and go, but other chicks will attack a chicken with prolapse, and peck them to death. If the prolapse is there and stuck, it is important to push it back in with a lubricant, and honey or sugar can help to shrink it. Constipation can cause this, and probiotics or a product called Probios used a couple of times in the week in their water might help.