Sussex19
Free Ranging
One of my hens has been broody for the last 3 and a bit weeks, and has been coming of the nest every day, to eat drink and poop no problem.
3 days ago, the first chick hatched, and since then she didn't come off the nest. Yesterday evening, when I did my last check on them, I noticed a bit of a smell in the nesting box, and thought that she might have pooped, so this morning I took her and all 6 chicks (they had all hatched at this point) out of the nest, so she could relieve herself.
She kept trying to poop, but all that was coming out was a bit of the runny white part. She was looking like she might prolapse, and there was a bit of blood coming out. I could see the poop right there, but she just couldn't get it out.
So I went and got some olive oil in a syringe, and put it in her vent, around the poop. This seemed to work, and fairly large chunk came out, and she seemed to be feeling better afterwards.
Was this the right thing to do, and is there anything more I should do, except keep an eye on her?
3 days ago, the first chick hatched, and since then she didn't come off the nest. Yesterday evening, when I did my last check on them, I noticed a bit of a smell in the nesting box, and thought that she might have pooped, so this morning I took her and all 6 chicks (they had all hatched at this point) out of the nest, so she could relieve herself.
She kept trying to poop, but all that was coming out was a bit of the runny white part. She was looking like she might prolapse, and there was a bit of blood coming out. I could see the poop right there, but she just couldn't get it out.
So I went and got some olive oil in a syringe, and put it in her vent, around the poop. This seemed to work, and fairly large chunk came out, and she seemed to be feeling better afterwards.
Was this the right thing to do, and is there anything more I should do, except keep an eye on her?