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Her vent looks prolapsed. You can try honey and pushing it back in. Apply preparation H after to help with swelling. Is her vent protruding? It usually looks like an innie belly button, kind of. In this pic it looks prolapsed

How is your chook?

It sounds like periontitis. Do you have access to any antibiotics? I gave me hen some amoxicillin that I had from one of my kids being sick. Seemed to work:)

I had a similar issue, minus the fleet. I used honey on vent to push back in, as well as preparation H. Worked like a charm!! Good luck

Yeah!!! Today she laid a soft shelled egg!!! Her prolapse is back in, thanks to the preparation h!!! Thank you so much for all your input!!! Any other suggestions, let me know!!! Woohhooo, and her tail is up and she looks great:)

Eggcesive, thank you! That is so helpful. I was able to push the prolapse in, but it does come back out. I did not hold it long enough. I'll try again. She is puffed out and head in:( I have her inside now, and warm. No chance for others pecking because she has been separated, as she is a new...

she is eating and drinking fine. Had "yolk" coming out of vent. Gave her some amoxicillin, all I had. But her skin is very red, and her vent appears prolapsed. Help!!!

Thank you all!! She is so pretty and sweet. EE it is!!!!

I thought Easter eggers lay different color eggs? Her eggs are light brown. Maybe she is mixed with ER

my chicken passes this today.... What the heck is it?

OMG what is that!!!! Hard and bumpy.

I adopted a chicken from a shelter, got her home and noticed she is breathing very hard. Her abdomen is swollen, liquidy and squishy. She is not pooping. I have given her Monistat for any sour crop, cottage cheese, and lubricated her vent with olive oil. She is sitting on a heating pad now. Does...

Well, I found out where all the eggs were going!!! All 23..... Silly chickens:)

I love his picture!! I wish that was me:) I feel that way about my chooks, but they not me! Beautiful.

If you are new to coop design and chickens...please read all the great ideas on here. If I could do it all over, I would have absolutely built a door suitable to humans walking in and out of. My DH built a sweet little coop, and I love it...but it is my nemisis this winter!! If I could do it...

Its funny, because when I looked at them in person, I did not notice the white tips, but definitely can see them in the pic. Thank you much! I am going to really examine them further tomorrow. Just so fearful of some other illness.

Mahlzeit....I am in Rochester, NY...cold here lately.ugh! I thought it may have been injuries as well, it does look like a bruise. I had put bag balm on their combs too, but I honestly think that froze too!!

Thank you for your thoughts. I am thinking maybe too, but I have read too much about pox an bluecomb!! Hope someone else will have some input too.