Advice for prolapse situation

[jonalisa]

After all that, she just laid an egg.
@Eggcessive is it okay to keep her in these conditions a couple more days? I know that it will be a tough process to reintegrate her with the flock, but not sure what else I can do.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your other hen. It is taking a long time to resolve. Once you keep them in the dark, I have heard that is may take 3-4 days to stop laying. If she could be inside a wire dog crate with food and water in with the other chickens for the 8 hours of daylight, that might help with reintegration. I have never dealt with a bad prolapse before myself, but it sure seems to happen to a lot of hens. Some people do give up or cannot handle the time it takes to care for a hen like this, and may cull the chicken. Some vets will put in a temporarily suture into the vent to hold in a prolapse for awile for healing to occur. I wish I had more advice.

 

[jonalisa]

Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts.

 

[jonalisa]

Progress!!
My hen hasn't laid an egg in two days, and the prolapse has been resolved since yesterday morning. (What worked for me was hot facecloth compresses to the area, Vitamin E applied to prolapse and vent, and gentle downward pressure over the vent flap and holding 10 to 15 min at a time) I continue to clean her up, give warm compresses to the area and let her walk around the house after dusk for a while. I'm going to put her in a crate in the run, but isn't that exposure to the sun a risk for her to start laying and possibly prolapse? Just want to make sure I don't act too soon and bring back the prolapse.

Short version: No egg for 2 days. Prolapse resolved. Brought her outside into coop in crate. They mostly ignored her but she just wanted to get out - pacing, dragging her beak on the bars. I decided to let her outside without the flock but she just paced at the coop door..I was concerned she wanted inside to go lay. I brought her back inside in her crate. She's pacing, peeping and wants out.

 

[jonalisa]

Well, just typing this here for anyone who goes through something similar...
She hadn't laid for 2 days, had eaten corn, chopped egg with calcium citrate/tums, chopped string beans, grit. In the daylight hours that she could have, I brought her out in the yard early before the hens were out or after they went in at suppertime.
Yesterday, in her crate she was fit to be tied, knocking everything over, trying to poke through the crate netting and within 15 minutes she calmed and I left her for a couple of hours. When I returned she was sitting and very calm. I opened the crate and when she didn't want to come out, I checked under her and found she had laid and was now broody.
She's not prolapsed so I figured her broodiness will give her vent a rest since she won't lay while broody. I put her back on feed and I'm going to transition her to a crate in the coop tonight.
I'm adding a photo of the crate a bought at Walmart. It's called an

SP Containment Large Portable Dog Kennel​

It's a pop-up nylon dog crate 36x24x36. It was $34.98. While I wouldn't use it for a dog, it's perfect for a chicken hospital. Just enough room to keep her from stepping in her food/water. I put straw in the back with a towel and a puppy pad up front where her food and water are. I separated the two areas with a piece of wood. there are net windows on the sides and the front net flap zips with two zippers, one on each side. I covered it with a red sheet. It's really easy to clean especially if you use puppy pads.

 

[Eggcessive]

I am glad that she seems to be broody now, and the prolapse is staying in. That is a good little hospital crate, and I have heard of others using discarded PackNPlays for separation or for brooders.

 

[jonalisa]

I am glad that she seems to be broody now, and the prolapse is staying in. That is a good little hospital crate, and I have heard of others using discarded PackNPlays for separation or for brooders.

Thanks for all your help, you always make me feel more confident.

 

[Eggcessive]

You’re always welcome, and thank you as well.

 

[Tahera]

You’re always welcome, and thank you as well.

Thanks for all your help, you always make me feel more confident.

Thanks for all your help, you always make me feel more confident.

Well, just typing this here for anyone who goes through something similar...
She hadn't laid for 2 days, had eaten corn, chopped egg with calcium citrate/tums, chopped string beans, grit. In the daylight hours that she could have, I brought her out in the yard early before the hens were out or after they went in at suppertime.
Yesterday, in her crate she was fit to be tied, knocking everything over, trying to poke through the crate netting and within 15 minutes she calmed and I left her for a couple of hours. When I returned she was sitting and very calm. I opened the crate and when she didn't want to come out, I checked under her and found she had laid and was now broody.
She's not prolapsed so I figured her broodiness will give her vent a rest since she won't lay while broody. I put her back on feed and I'm going to transition her to a crate in the coop tonight.
I'm adding a photo of the crate a bought at Walmart. It's called an

SP Containment Large Portable Dog Kennel​

It's a pop-up nylon dog crate 36x24x36. It was $34.98. While I wouldn't use it for a dog, it's perfect for a chicken hospital. Just enough room to keep her from stepping in her food/water. I put straw in the back with a towel and a puppy pad up front where her food and water are. I separated the two areas with a piece of wood. there are net windows on the sides and the front net flap zips with two zippers, one on each side. I covered it with a red sheet. It's really easy to clean especially if you use puppy pads.

Hi
How is your hen doing ?
hope she is healed

 

[jonalisa]

Hi
How is your hen doing ?
hope she is healed

Yes, she is back to normal! Thanks for asking!
The very day she integrated back into the flock, I had another hen lay internally! But she is also fine now!