California - Northern

[ronott1]

Quote: I only know him by reputation. I just wonder if she has some type of Virus.

 

[lawatt]

I only know him by reputation. I just wonder if she has some type of Virus.

i've sent him a note, will see if he has any ideas. i put her food and water closer to her in the shower (she seems to have decided she does not like being in the old wooden drawer, preferring the bathroom tile -- thank goodness it's easy to clean!), and when i came back she's standing near them & made a bit of a mess of some food pellets, so perhaps she's feeling more like eating... just seems to get tired so easily.

thankfully all the other chicklets seem wildly energetic and boisterous, so it hasn't spread to anyone else -- such a mystery!

 

[cherylcohen]

Went to go ship a couple of mille fleur trios and discovered one pullet had a prolapsed vent. I've never had to deal with this although seems like it's not hard, problem!!! I'm leaving town tomorrow morning till friday night!

Is there anyone on tonight that can nurse her for a few days that's not to far from me?

I'm using this link for instructions to deal with it, unless you have better ideas
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic.html

and this bandaging method I found

[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]BANDAGING[/FONT]

[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Bandage firstly around the middle of hen, and under her wings.[/FONT]

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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Pop her prolapse in and add hemorroid cream to the dressing pad and place on hens vent keeping pressure on vent.[/FONT]



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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Bring bandage up and through her legs firmly to hold in prolapse. Continue this a few times to secure bandage.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]The end result should look like this below.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Please keep your hen in a small safe container over night. They tend to bang around and lose their balance completely in the 'chicken nappy'. They hate them, and some screech about having them. Please leave them on over night, because the following day they will hopefully be completely cured of their prolapse.[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Take bandage off as early as you can in morning because your hen may need to lay an egg. Its rare they prolapse again after but if they do continue process again, but only bandage at night.[/FONT]​

 

[jeremy]

I've only ever successfully nursed one hen back to health with a prolapsed vent.

I don't know if the "diaper method" above would be the best way to proceed... everything I read online said that you need to keep her vent clean, having the diaper worries me that droppings would soil her bottom and potentially lead to infection or worse.

The hen we saved lived inside for about a week and a half, every time she pooed we would cleanse her vent with a warm saline solution and then use preparation H to push her vent back inside her, we would do the same thing if she laid an egg. Eventually the swelling in her vent went down and it no longer popped out. She recovered fully but it was definitely a labor of love cleaning, applying the cream and pushing her vent back inside of her every few hours.

Good luck.

 

[zooweemama]

Went to go ship a couple of mille fleur trios and discovered one pullet had a prolapsed vent. I've never had to deal with this although seems like it's not hard, problem!!! I'm leaving town tomorrow morning till friday night!

Is there anyone on tonight that can nurse her for a few days that's not to far from me?

I'm using this link for instructions to deal with it, unless you have better ideas
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic.html

and this bandaging method I found

[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]BANDAGING[/FONT]

[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Bandage firstly around the middle of hen, and under her wings.[/FONT]

[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]

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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Pop her prolapse in and add hemorroid cream to the dressing pad and place on hens vent keeping pressure on vent.[/FONT]



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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Bring bandage up and through her legs firmly to hold in prolapse. Continue this a few times to secure bandage.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]The end result should look like this below.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Please keep your hen in a small safe container over night. They tend to bang around and lose their balance completely in the 'chicken nappy'. They hate them, and some screech about having them. Please leave them on over night, because the following day they will hopefully be completely cured of their prolapse.[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Georgia, Garamond, serif]Take bandage off as early as you can in morning because your hen may need to lay an egg. Its rare they prolapse again after but if they do continue process again, but only bandage at night.[/FONT]​

Wow Cheryl! I'm so sorry!

i've sent him a note, will see if he has any ideas. i put her food and water closer to her in the shower (she seems to have decided she does not like being in the old wooden drawer, preferring the bathroom tile -- thank goodness it's easy to clean!), and when i came back she's standing near them & made a bit of a mess of some food pellets, so perhaps she's feeling more like eating... just seems to get tired so easily.

thankfully all the other chicklets seem wildly energetic and boisterous, so it hasn't spread to anyone else -- such a mystery!

I hope she improves. How long has she been like this?

I thought for sure you had English ..they are huge. I have a few American and the rest English. My American are half the size of my English and I got them from a breeder. I'm loving my English girls.... Everyone that comes here mouth drops when they see them...

They are rather huge aren't they? The one (well 2 actually) I have from Deb's line at Heaven Sent is a great deal smaller. They are a little younger too. It will be interesting to see their differences when they are full grown. I want some more Orps for this Spring- so their laying is staggered.

 

[lawatt]

I hope she improves. How long has she been like this?

since thursday. saturday was probably her worst day (at least i think it was saturday? maybe friday), feathers all puffy and almost catatonic -- for the last few days she's been better than that, not as puffed but still hunched up & uncomfortable-looking, and gets tired SO easily... but she did try to eat a little food this afternoon before the sun went down & she fell asleep. (keeping her warm in the guest bathroom is definitely an improvement over being out in the garage, even with a heat lamp out there it's an icebox.)

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Deann love the coop idea.
I like the chicks already.
The ground was frozen about 8"

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Is there a local vet that will do a Coci test for you? At the same time, they should be able to test for worms.

After the 5 to 7 days, you are supposed to go 1/2 dose of Corid for another 5 to 7 days.

Ron

my little hen seemed better after the 3rd day but I did it for 5 days total full strength then 5 half.

 

[lawatt]

FYI to all, here's the response from dawg53, aka Jim:
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Hi Laura. It could be cocci. Sick birds rarely drink. You're going to have to get the corid treated water in her, enough to be effective to fight off the protozoa so that she can recover and drink the treated water on her own. Pull her wattles down, or pull the feathers down on her lower beak (if she doesnt have wattles) and her mouth will open. Squirt 1/2cc corid treated water in her mouth and immediately let go of the wattles so she can swallow the liquid on her own and not aspirate. Do this about 5-6 times a day until she can drink the treated water by herself.
Another possibilty is that she may be eggbound. Soak her in a container of warm water up to her sides and gently massage her underside for about 20 minutes. The warm water will relax her and expand her oviduct. Massaging her will help move the egg along. Then hopefully she'll lay the egg if that's what the problem is. Repeat as necessary.
There's also the possibility of worms. After the corid treatment, you can worm her with safeguard liquid goat wormer. Your feed store should carry it. If not, Jefferslivestock.com carries it.
Use a syringe without a needle to administer it orally undiluted. Dosage is 1/2cc orally, redose again in 10 days. Again, pull the wattles down and her mouth will open, then let go of the wattles once you squirt the wormer in her mouth so she can swallow it on her own.
There arnt any respiratory issues going on as far as I can tell (that's a good thing.) I hope it all works out for you. Jim
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will do my best to make a more concerted effort to get her drinking tomorrow!

 

[ronott1]

I sent an email to CAHFS at UCD about Fecal Float testing. I am going to get a sample in there tomorrow.

Hi Ron,
The sooner you can refrigerate the samples after collection the better preserved any parasite eggs will be in the samples. Keep the samples cool but not frozen (freezing destroys the eggs) until you can get them to the lab. We ideally like the samples to arrive at the lab within 24 hours of collection and the standard submission form works best.
Coccidia testing isn’t as accurate in poultry as it is in mammals but with a 10g sample hopefully we can identify them if they are being shed.
Take care.

Kris A. Clothier, DVM PhD DACVM
Bacteriology Discipline Head
California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab System
University of California, Davis
West Health Sciences Drive
Davis, CA 95616
530-752-8754
[email protected]

Great Fun! Going to collect poo tomorrow.....