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Layla, is in one way better but she is not out of the woods. We fed her watermelon, baby food prunes, yogurt, her food in a very watery mash, and we tried grapes but she would not eat them. She is not really drinking and so everything we give her is very wet. She did begin to pooh by Saturday...

I have a 3 yo Isa Brown, named Layla. Yesterday my DD brought her to me for some loving. I noticed that she had a hard lump in her abdomin,. I assumed she had an egg to lay. I took her to the laying box and she refused to go in. I left her to figure it out for about 6 hrs. Last night she...

we have a 3 y.o. Isa Brown. We found her in the nestbox last Thursday. When we reomoved her we noticed she was quite thin. We brought her inside to monitor. We noticed her crop was about walnut sized and like puddy in texture. We tried withhoulding food food but the crop did not reduce. Her...

We have a 3-yo Barred rock hen. We recently found her in the nesting box at night and when we went to remove her found her quite boney. We brought her inside for a few days messaged her crop which was about walnut sized and like puddy., gave her mineral oil, yogurt, egg, apple sauce, etc. She...

So, does that mean that she laid internally or had an egg break inside some time ago and now the pieces of egg are working their way out? Is it not a miracle that she did not get a major infection. I know she has not laid in a week because I have her separated and I just assumed that she had...

She is quite sweet and does not even seem to mind being separated from the others much. But, I really could use some input from others on this one. I also wanted to add that, her pooh is sort of "runny" and her bottom is always leaking a wet substance that is sometimes like pooh, but not...

Jane is a 2 yo Isa Briown. About 8 wks ago she had a prolapse. Using baths, prep. H, and continually inserting the prolapse, she seemed to get better. We kept her in a small cage, in the complete darkness for about 10 days which forced a molt. About six days into that she got egg bound, and I...

for those asking about forcing the molt. Because my hen had prolapsed and then was egg bound I removed her from the flock and put her in a cat carrier in the house. This was a warm constant temporature. Then I put her back on only chick feed in a mash form and fed her several very small meals...

I just came on to research the same issue. I have 3 Bared rocks, and 2 Isa Browns. The one Isa lays daily and there is one br that seems to lay occasionally. Had one br prolapse, then get egg bound so I forced a molt in her, so I can accept that she is not ready to lay yet. But, the others are...

I have a 2 yo Isa Brown. About 2.5 weeks ago she prolapsed, so I brought her inside, put her in a dark cage, switched her to chick food instead of layer style, fed her very little but added in scrambled egg, electrolytes in the water, gave her polivisol, and bathed her daily in warm water...

Thank you all for your encouragement and direction in treating my hen's prolapse, it has ben 8 days and as of yesterday it seems that her bottom is back to it's prior form. I believe that the frequent warm baths, preparation H, anti-biotic ointment, and provodin Iodine e spray kept it from...

Well, she is still hanging in there. But, the prolapse is still coming out alomost as soon as I put it in. She does not mind the baths, which I found odd, and she loves the blow dry afterwards. She is very happy eating the scrambled eggs, and the little bit of chick feed. The end of the...

Okay, I have read many, many posts and searchs about prolapse but things may be worse now, and I need more feedback than I have found in my searching. Wednesday we went outside, mid-afternoon and found her with a prolapse. She was fine in the morning, although we did notice some spotty blood...

Hello, I have a hen in the same condition. She is a 2 yo isa brown. We just found her with the prolapse yesterday afternoon, we keep a close watch on our flock so it could not have been that way for long. I have tried to put honey on it with no difference. We have used prep H with no difference...

Ah. Gentian violet. it is often used for baby thrush. Yikes, everything in the house turns purple/blue from baby drewl, But it is a good suggestion. I will start with the iodine for a few days, if no improvement is seen I may try that. I like the garlic tea or sage tea I can also do those...