SunshineAnShade
In the Brooder
Hi everyone, I need help! My Easter Eggers Rainbow has developed what I believe is ascites and prolapsed vent a few days ago. This developed a few days after the flock was let out for the morning and a fox attacked! It killed one, then 2 more died over 2 days. I could tell it tried to get Rainbow but all I could see was a few feathers missing from her belly and she had a slight limp but was otherwise fine. A day or so later I noticed she felt a little squishier than normal but didn't know what it was. The next day her vent was bulging out with a huge sac of fluid hanging out of it. She's been in my bathtub for a few days as I have been cleaning and treating her. She has good appetite and drinking water. I drained the sac. It was mostly clear fluid with a few globulous chunks. I've been trying to holdhold her vent back in place but it keeps popping out. I feel like thethe sac isn't supposed to be there? But I don't want to remove it.... She still has some fluid in her abdomen that I plan to drain more of. She looks much better than she had. I don't have before pictures but I will post what she looks like now. The sac is such smaller than it had been. Any advice is appreciated