Chicken prolapse

[TwoCrows]

Excellent!! You will need to watch that it stays in for the next few days. So reapply the stuff if needed. And keep her in low light for a few weeks, only 8 hours of light too, so she will quit laying. If she lays an egg this week, the thing will come right back out. All that tissue needs to heal and reattach itself inside. So do your best to keep her from laying. You might also cut her food in half with less protein. They tend not to release yolks with low protein.

Good luck and keep us posted!!

 

[LeonieV]

Thank you for all your help - it's still in and she's gone to bed now. I don't think she's that impressed about having a lubricated rear end though!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I don't know if this can be helpful or if it is anywhere close to the same for chickens...but when I dealt with prolapses from one line of my sheep, I had read where calcium helps with the muscle strength/tone. If they showed any hint of prolapse, they got an injection of calcium gluconate and that usually seemed to stop the prolapsing, and help with muscle tone in keeping the prolapse in if I hadn't caught it in time. I was surprised how much better things seemed to go with the calcium as opposed to not knowing about it previously. (That entire breeding line of ewes and offspring were eventually culled because prolapsing is genetic in cattle and sheep.)

Would oyster shell be beneficial? @TwoCrows

 

[TwoCrows]

I don't know if this can be helpful or if it is anywhere close to the same for chickens...but when I dealt with prolapses from one line of my sheep, I had read where calcium helps with the muscle strength/tone. If they showed any hint of prolapse, they got an injection of calcium gluconate and that usually seemed to stop the prolapsing, and help with muscle tone in keeping the prolapse in if I hadn't caught it in time. I was surprised how much better things seemed to go with the calcium as opposed to not knowing about it previously. (That entire breeding line of ewes and offspring were eventually culled because prolapsing is genetic in cattle and sheep.)

Would oyster shell be beneficial? @TwoCrows

Calcium does indeed help with muscle contractions and in this case might be extremely beneficial to keep her insides in place! If you don't have any Calcium Gluconate, you can use human Caltrate. 1/2 a pill each day. I like to break these into pieces and stuff them in raisins...the bird doesn't know they are being medicated. Excellent suggestion @Wickedchicken6

 

[LeonieV]

Thank you both! I've got some calcium stuff coming that you add to their drinking water but I'll definitely look into the caltrate as well

 

[LeonieV]

Just to let you know, it's still up and she's back with the others and everything seems to be fine!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

That's fantastic to hear! I'm so glad to hear it worked out.

I had a hen where the egg appeared to have broke before she laid it. (I have roosters out and I suspect she may have been treated roughly)
She looked like she might be prolapsing but once I got everything cleaned up and the swelling went down...everything was ok. Whew!
It happened not long after your thread, so your thread actually helped me too! Thank you for posting it!

And thank you @TwoCrows for confirming the information about the calcium injections/Caltrate pills.
It never occurred to me to use the calcium gluconate on chickens.

And I didn't know about the Caltrate. Very cool.
Thankfully I didn't have to use anything this time, but I've got the knowledge for next time.