Recent content by idlingwild

I concur with others advice... I had this happen and my husband held the chicken in the warm water in the kitchen sink while I carefully peeled away all that mess. Some will be attached to the prolapsed vent but I had to get the egg out and I didn't want to leave anything in there to cause...

My Catahoula Leopard ate the neighbor's chickens - twice now; that was the deciding factor in my aquiring chickens finally. I showed him that the chicks were part of the family and kept him abreast of all their going on while they were young...He doesn't even look twice at them now. This all...

Thank you for the help and the well wishing...I think the prolapsed vent will heal but I am unclear on these secretions and if it is a yeast infection than that will hinder her healing process as well. Should I worry? Or (hopefully) these secretions are normal and in fact a part of her...

From constant scanning and other member's posts I determined that my 6 mo. old cochin had a prolapsed vent about a week ago. Upon discovery, I had to peel back hardened membrane and lots of white yeasty goo. I have since cleaned many times the extruding vent and now twice preparation h'd it...