8 months since prolapse

[WatermellonKellen]

Hi everyone, my favorite chicken Sesame had a prolapse early July of last year! I took really good care of her during her prolapse, prep H, warm baths w/epson salt, 8hrs sunlight. She made a full recovery. Since then she hasn’t laid any eggs and hasn’t molted. I think she’s been internally laying or egg bound, I’m not sure. I’m confused because the internet says chickens who are bound or internally laying typically die within days but it has been many months. She is getting firmer and needs help jumping up to get into the coop, she trips/falls sometimes, has the penguin stance, and occasionally has a poopy butt. She can’t reach her oil gland but still tries to preen. I give her baths when she has poop feathers and the next day she is usually much perkier. It seems like it’s terminal, I knew from the beginning I couldn’t afford x-rays and a birth control implant. Where I live it would be 1,000+. She still is eating and drinking and runs out in the morning like the other girls. I’ve been feeding her all of her favorite foods and she enjoys being out in the sun. I can’t bring myself to euthanize her because I know she is still fighting and seems like she is still happy to be here. Do you think she is egg bound or internally laying? I read online that you can give chickens pain medication, you just dilute it in water. Should I do that? When will she pass away? Thanks for your time and help. I love her very much. The picture of her is when she had a poopy butt. I gave her a bath and her tail isn’t pointing down anymore.

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds like she has a reproductive disorder such as salpingitis or egg yolk peritonitis. They can walk more upright, have a wide legged stance, and may have messy vents. Yellow urates can be common, and may be a sign of ascites. I would check the crop in early morning before she eats or drinks to make sure the crop is emptying overnight. Since these things are common in older hens, I usually try to let them live life as they feel it, eat, and spend time with their flock. Once they don’t feel like eating, they are inactive, and when others start picking on them, I consider putting them down.

 

[WatermellonKellen]

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It sounds like she has a reproductive disorder such as salpingitis or egg yolk peritonitis. They can walk more upright, have a wide legged stance, and may have messy vents. Yellow urates can be common, and may be a sign of ascites. I would check the crop in early morning before she eats or drinks to make sure the crop is emptying overnight. Since these things are common in older hens, I usually try to let them live life as they feel it, eat, and spend time with their flock. Once they don’t feel like eating, they are inactive, and when others start picking on them, I consider putting them down.

Hi Thank you for your response. She unfortunately passed today. I miss her but I know she is no longer suffering. She was eating and spending time with the flock until she passed. She had a very good life and will be missed.

 

[Eggcessive]

Oh, I am sorry for your loss. Glad that she is not suffering.