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A good way to get a better look and to get her cleaned up some more is this -

1. Find a cutting board long enough to span your kitchen sink.
2. Gather her up, have her legs contained in one hand and use your other hand to control her wings.
3. Set her sideways (i.e. lay her on her side) on the cutting board, with her butt closest to the faucet, hanging over the cutting board over the sink a little ways.

4. Keep her legs in one hand to keep control of her, keeping her laying on her side.
5. Use your other hand to run the water to the cooler side of luke warm (to help reduce swelling)
6. Use a mild dish detergent or betadine soap if you have some to wash EVERYTHING off her butt and under her butt so you'll know if she continues to bleed - be prepared with scissors if there are chunks that need to be cut out of the feathers (like dried poop) --- if it is a prolapse, trim all the feathers that will interfere with the prolapse healing, the feathers that poke into it.

7. Once everything is clean use a paper towel to dab the area dry, then apply ointment (assuming prolapse) to the gently dried tissues (the feathers will dry on their own)

8. Have a clean healing area to put her with towels on the bottom so nothing like straw or shavings sticks to the prolapse.

You might have to use your finger (lubricate with antibiotic cream) to help her poop. If the reproductive side has swollen up, it's blocking the waste.

If things are hanging out, look for 2 holes- you might have to help her squeeze poop out for a couple of days. Also - (again, assuming prolapse) - poop will get on the exposed tissue. There's no way around that.
 
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If it is a prolapse, it's probably been picked at by her flock mates and that's where the blood is coming from. It's likely to stay out for a while. This is survivable. It will need to be treated with antiseptic spray and antibiotic ointment - and if it's a bad injury it will scab up and turn into the most disgusting thing you've ever seen, especially with the poop proximity.

But, what the body is doing is making a protective shell around the tissues while it heals itself, and then gradually the scabs will start to let go from the edges. Having a small pair of curved sewing scissors when it comes time to pare down the edges of the scabs is very handy- but only the parts that are detaching themselves.

Depending on the scope of the injuries, it could be weeks in healing. It's also quite possible that she will continue to lay for a few days - knowing when she laid that last egg is important so you can time out the approximately 25-26hrs until the next one comes - she may well need help those first couple days getting the egg to come out, so knowing when to keep an eye out will minimize stress for her.
 
The vet must have suspected vent gleet. Vent pecking can lead to cannibalism. Daily soaks to her bottom can be healing. An antifungal or antibiotic cream can be helpful. I am glad that she is now on the road to recovery, but you may want to check and see if you have any overcrowding, are giving enough protein in the diet, and if they are getting outside to roam so they won’t get bored and pick at each other. Most grown chickens need at least 4 square feet of room in the coop, and much more in the run. They need at least 16% protein, and 20% flock raiser or all flock is fine to use. Instead of giving scratch as a treat, try some scrambled chopped egg or tuna. Do they free range? Let us know how she gets along. I would also give her some periods of time with the other chickens to keep from having to reintroduce her later. A wire dog crate next to the others would accomplish that safely.
 
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The vet must have suspected vent gleet. Vent pecking can lead to cannibalism. Daily soaks to her bottom can be healing. An antifungal or antibiotic cream can be helpful. I am glad that she is now on the road to recovery, but you may want to check and see if you have any overcrowding, are giving enough protein in the diet, and if they are getting outside to roam so they won’t get bored and pick at each other. Most grown chickens need at least 4 square feet of room in the coop, and much more in the run. They need at least 16% protein, and 20% flock raiser or all flock is fine to use. Instead of giving scratch as a treat, try some scrambled chopped egg or tuna. Do they free range? Let us know how she gets along. I would also give her some periods of time with the other chickens to keep from having to reintroduce her later. A wire dog crate next to the others would accomplish that safely.
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Hi thank you. Yes she is in a separate cage next to their coop so they can still see each other. They do get free roaming atleast 4 hours because they are molting I have been giving them extra protein scratch on top of their layer pellets but I will try tuna and scrambled eggs and she is taking an antibiotic tablet at the moment. But will update on how she is going 🙌🙌❤️
 
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Hi thank you. Yes she is in a separate cage next to their coop so they can still see each other. They do get free roaming atleast 4 hours because they are molting I have been giving them extra protein scratch on top of their layer pellets but I will try tuna and scrambled eggs and she is taking an antibiotic tablet at the moment. But will update on how she is going 🙌🙌❤
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I'm so glad your baby is going to be ok!
 

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