I'm too scared to pull on the red tail thing. I don't want to cause her pain or if it starts to bleed profusely. I soaked her and the lash egg is still attached.
Thank you for your response. I have her soaking in warm water and about to feed her more calcium.
I also think she’s beyond saving from the article and also your response. My son is here visiting so if this doesn’t work he will put her down humanely. Sad thing is she survived 2 bumblefoot...
Yes, it definitely is a lash egg after Wyorp Rock replied. I immediately researched it online and the first photo I saw looked exactly like what is attached to Scarlet.
Last night I gathered everything I need to soak her and try to release the lash egg but my concern is the red stringy thing...
After reading an article on salpingitis last night it mentioned things that Scarlet has been going through recently. I only have 3 hens and Scarlet laid almost daily and her eggs are brown. Henry and Buffy’s are a pale cream color. Anyway, one hen started laying soft shelled eggs and shell less...
Thank you for explaining what calcium is for in this situation. Should I give her more than 300 mg and how often should I give her calcium.
I don't know what lash material with a tail means. This is the first time I have had this happen to a chicken. I will research it now. If you have more...
I gave her 300 mg of calcium but I forgot to ask why you recommended it? I have a feeder with oyster shell calcium in their run as well as another for grit. I have everything set up for tomorrow to work on trying to release the egg from the vent.
No, not yet. I will look for a bottle of Tums otherwise I take calcium and can give her that. It's Sunday and our local vet isn't open and not sure about tomorrow being that it's Labor Day. I have her isolated in a pen in the garage for now. I lubricated her vent with Vaseline and hope that...
I think it’s soft shelled when I first touched it but now the air has dried it and it’s hard. I used olive oil to see if it would detach but it won’t. I will post a photo of it connected to a red stringy thing coming from inside her vent.
Thank you so much for replying.
I apologize if this is the wrong thread to post my concern. Can anyone tell me what is hanging from Scarlet’s vent area? After I stopped panicking I think it might be a malformed egg but not sure. I gently pulled on it to see where it’s attached and a small section is stuck to her vent. I don’t...
Scarlet's right foot was pinkish on Sunday. I checked all the way up her leg and found nothing suspicious. I ran her feet under warm water and washed them to check for injury but found nothing. Today both of her feet are pinkish. When I put her in the coop this evening her feet felt warm so I...
No visible injury or anything wrapped around her leg to cause a loss of circulation. Yes, both legs are straight and no limping. Before I locked the coop for the night I felt both of her feet and they were warm but I don't know if it's because she was laying on them for a bit before I got to...
Hi there. My Production Red hen's right foot and leg is pinkish and cold, yet the left foot is warm. A few scales on her leg were also slightly lifted, so I sprayed Poultry Protector. Later, I used a warm paper towel on her foot. Has anyone else experienced this with their chickens? I have...