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She laid another shell-less egg today after I cleaned her up and let her sit in the warm water. She's in the basement again and has eaten yogurt and a scrambled egg. We got baytrill and will start it tonight. The prolapse is in again and her droppings are brown and somewhat hard. The others...

We bathed her twice a day pushing the prolapse back in and returned her to the pen last night. Today there's yellowish discharge and she's squatting to defecate but nothing's coming out. I'm going to clean her up again and let her soak in warm water again and we'll call a nearby vet for an...

We've kept our hen indoors last night and she pooped a good deal. The vent is still bulging and she's straining to push out. She did eat a scrambled egg. I guess we'll give her the antibiotics to help with the infection. Thanks, Wynette.

The egg was intact in a membrane. I gave her an epsom salts bath, cleaned out more poo and she seemed to like that. We put her in the basement but the vent is bulging. The antibiotic we have is tetracycline hydrochloride soluble powder. Should we try that?

Our hen just laid a shell-less egg and has perked up a bit. There's still yellowish fluid coming out. Perhaps that really huge egg yesterday was hers and now this one with no shell. What our next step here? We let her free range thinking it was her last day and she's scratching around like...

Our NH Red is not doing well today. Her vent is still red and swollen. I cleaned her up again and felt for an egg but found sores inside with caked on poop. We applied some antibiotic cream. She's had yellow fluid coming out but she's trying to get out more. She's been very lethargic but...

Thanks to all who responded about the prolapsed vent. One of our NH Reds had this yesterday and we especially appreciated the pictures showing how to treat it. It took us two tries but her vent is still in this morning. There was a huge egg in the nest box this morning and maybe that was the...

Thanks for the info on ACV. I'm new to this chicken stuff - what is DE?

I've read that apple cider vinegar helps laying chickens in a number of ways..... what exactly does it do? How much to give and when?

Thanks, everyone for your thoughts and support with this. It was a first for us to have to lose one of our four girls. We're learning a lot about this chicken raising and hopefully our remaining three will stay healthy. BYC has certainly helped us!

cnj-tx50, sounds like your hen has the same problem ours has. We haven't been able to empty her crop. She probably has an obstruction we can't feel. I'd keep the water going too. Have you tried molasses water? It acts like a laxative. Google it for more info. Our hen is an australorp and...

We need to cull our hen and I've read the thread here. We're also worried about blood in the snow attracting coyotes. Is this a possibility?

Pampered Hen, we have tried the wine and it isn't toxic. It didn't work for our hen, though, and she's soon to be culled. Have you tried any molasses water? It acts as a laxative. Google it for more info. Good luck - we didn't have any with all we tried. Her problem was stretched...

Thanks for the quick reply, Country4ever. We have had her separated and withheld food for 24 hours (last weekend) and we've massaged and induced vomiting a number of times. We also did 5 days of biotin from a vet. And we gave her yogurt also. We can't feel anything hard in her crop - it's...

Country4ever, can you give more info on the stretched out crop issue? We think our hen has that problem. We've treated her for sour crop but we can't get the crop to shrink and are feeding her again (applesauce and fine mash). This has been going on for a few weeks and she's very thin but...

Thanks, upthecreek. We let her range with her coopmates yesterday but brought her in last night. She left droppings overnight but her crop is huge still. She had applesauce this morning. We're at a loss as to what to do next.

Thanks again. Yes, we had kept her from food for 24 hrs. at the start of this. Yesterday we gave her applesauce and the red wine then some fine mash with oil. There were poops as a result of the wine yesterday but this morning just white ones under her from overnight and her crop is still soft...

Hi everyone with sour crop info. I've been following your ideas since we have an australorp with the problem too. So far we've done oil, baking soda and purge, molasses water, electrolytes, applesauce, yogurt and crop massage and biotin from a vet. When we get her to throw up liquid there is...