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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    well we are now over a month after the whole ordeal and we think she is back to laying eggs. her name is now miracle.
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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    well today seems like she is doing well. prolapse is in and her fluffy butt is coming back. We are monitoring her through the night to see if the white discharge continues and if her poop is normal. Just hoping she will resume normal functions and tissue doesnt continue to die inside her...
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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    Well after the gag reflex passed we simply used sharp manicure scissors and cut until we saw blood rich tissue. She never squirmed. Almost like she knew we were helping her. Never have wormed them and honestly didn’t know that was needed. This is all a learning curve. I’ll update as days go by...
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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    She is resting after her spa treatment this am. Epson bath and a lot of the necrotic tissue I was able to cut away to good blood rich tissue. We treated again with iodine, antiseptic ointment cream and prep h. Once the majority of the dead tissue was cut away the vent closed up and the tissue...
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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    I will post better pictures. I would say it has been about 4-5 days since we noticed a decrease in the standard number of eggs. She has been isolated with less than 12 hrs of light a day for going on three days today. We are monitoring her and a vet is not an option. This site has a lot of...
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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    Best I could get in the dark. I can post better tomorrow if needed. Basically the white around the vent is all seeping poop and under it is dead back tissue.
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    Prolapsed and necrotic vent. Advise needed

    We are two years into back yard chickens with only 6 hens. we are in day two since we noticed our Rhode Island Red had a prolapsed vent. We separated her and have been treating her with daily epson salt baths, iodine rinse, neosporin, and hemorrhoid cream and we are keeping her in a warm dark...
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