My one year-old, yellow sex-linked hen, Goldie, has been having loose stools for a couple weeks. None of the six other hens of the same age are showing the poopy-butt sign: lots of gray and white, first just localized to her vent, but today it is spread out on her whole backside fluff.
I see...
The vet did her best to puncture her egg and remove the large mass of necrotic tissue but the prolapse would not stay in. With more eggs coming down the pipe we could not see a way for her tissues to heal. So we put her down. If it had been just a prolapse or just a bound egg, she would have...
Thank you, ChickensAreSweet!!! I'd read the article, but the chapter from the book is fantastic!
She made it through the night. We head to the vet in two hours.
Thanks, everyone, for your warm welcomes and support! It is much appreciated.
Rachael
Hi Everybody,
Our six-month old hen appears to have developed a prolapsed oviduct yesterday (Sunday). When I palpate, it feels like there's an egg inside the prolapse, hanging outside of her body.
I searched the forum and have been giving her sitz baths in calendula tincture, then applying...
Hi Everybody,
Our six-month old hen appears to have developed a prolapsed oviduct yesterday (Sunday). When I palpate, it feels like there's an egg inside the prolapse, hanging outside of her body.
I searched the forum and have been giving her sitz baths in calendula tincture, then applying...