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I am extremely saddened to say that our dearest Amica was put to sleep today. We woke up today to give her some 24/7 care, re-inserting her prolapse every time we saw it out (including at night when I woke up!) and occasionally slathering on honey or a vaseline/turmeric mix for inflammation...

@Eggcessive I think that is a great idea. We have a storm at the moment, but we'll take her outside tomorrow. We have a setup where she can have her own space, but separate from the other by some mesh so they can communicate with each other. We have thought about vets but we're a little...

I'm sure you did the right thing BigBlueHen53 and it sounds very much like your situation was far worse than we are experiencing here. Although admittedly she had a full egg-bound prolapse a few days ago, she has been fine since and she is also far from miserable. She doesn't seem to understand...

Thank you, and I’m so sorry to hear that :( We have had what feels like a small setback this morning as it looks as though some of the pink flesh exposed last night has now got a thin grey layer on it again. I tried peeling some off on my own and was successful until I hit a bit that looked very...

She's in our porch in a cage (I let her out a couple of times a day to give her some cuddles) which has a blackout cover on it to minimise the amount of light she has a day. Knowing how much light per day to let her have is tricky, but I don't think she's getting more than 4/5 hours. I'll try...

We're definitely trying! This is day 3. She was very perky today (she seems happy and healthy otherwise) and therefore put up quite a fight at bath time which she doesn't enjoy. I made sure the exposed/protruding inner vent was well moistened during the day (vaseline on your recommendation). To...

A quick update. We bathed Amica tonight for a long time. I swaddled her in a towel as she does not enjoy being in the water, and this seemed to calm her down while I held her to soak for at least 20 minutes. My wife carefully felt around the vent and very slowly managed to peel quite a bit of...

I've done my best below, but it's a little dark here now so I'll try to improve in daylight hours. I'm guessing the creamy white is her urates - she doesn't really smell so I dismissed vent gleet. I presume that the dark brown tissue is scabbed from the other hens pecking it. Thank you again.

Thank you Eggcessive. The day I first saw it the tissue was already unfortunately dark and hardened. I am hoping it is a scab which will eventually heal with frequent baths and a constant moistening of the vent area. On your advice I have been applying honey to the area. I have two primary...

A couple of nights ago when I was putting the hens to bed, I noticed that one of our lovely girls (Amica) was being pecked on the backside. When I woke up the next day, I discovered she has a very bare backside (no fluffy butt!) and what looked like a partially prolapsed vent (maybe less than...

I just wanted to follow this up in the event anyone finds this useful in the future. I'm very happy to say our dear Moana is back to normal after last night passing two large poops which were made entirely of grass! After three whole days of not eating, as soon as they passed she was running...

Oh dear, that sounds like an awful affliction. Thanks for the knowledge and the wishes CluckNDoodle. I keep thinking maybe she's eating behind my back (given her strength) but the lack of poop naturally suggests otherwise. I gave her an Epsom Salt bath earlier in the hope that might help any gut...

We are worried and confused about our ~30 week old vaccinated and hybrid Maran. This is the third day where she has barely eaten anything (and although drinks, has taken in less liquids I would say) and is passing only urates. She's a big girl and usually wolfs down anything offered. I've tried...

Thanks featheredplanets. I didn't know that hybrids could end up laying the wrong colours eggs. Interesting as her lobes are a white colour.

Hi everyone. I was hoping that you knowledgeable people might help me figure out what is going on with our hens. My wife and I recently took on four pullets from a local farm. We have a White Leghorn (White Eggs), Gold Speckledy (Brown Eggs), Speckledy Maran (Brown Eggs with speckles) and a...