EMERGENCY! HELP! Chicken with bloody vent.

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One of my chickens has a very bloody vent. A couple of weeks ago I had a chicken from the same coop have a blowout, and she died. This chicken--her name is Duds-- has been laying bloody eggs the past several days, and nothing I did seemed to be helping. She now has what looks like a blood clot in her vent, but she is also trying to poop. There is a strange fleshy-looking something coming out of the vent. What is happening? What do I do? is she gonna die?

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[Tookie]

Pictures?

 

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I am working from a computer that doesn't have a functioning camera. All I know is she had a huge blood clot in her vent and something fleshy hanging out of it. At one point I tilted her backwards and it went back in but I don't know what else to do.

 

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I did a lot of research and found some things on prolapsed vent, but all the information I found didn't say anything about her bleeding a lot, and she keeps trying to push it out no matter how many times we treat it and put it back in

 

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Someone help please this chicken means so much to me

 

[chippycheeks]

Hi! She could have a prolapsed vent, and if you have other chickens, she could be bleeding because they have pecked at it. I would separate her and spray some Preparation-H on it if you have it. Otherwise, you could use some honey or sugar. After that, gently push it back in, and keep her in a small crate in a dark room with water, a towel, and maybe some food. Recently, one of my chickens prolapsed, and kept pushing the tissue back out, but over the course of a few days, she got better and is now back to laying. Hope you find this helpful!

 

[Mrs J]

Without pictures, this is very hard. I would say spray with vetrycin or something similar, it sounds like a prolapse. Put a glove on, use ur little finger, coated with Vaseline and gently try to put it back in.

https://www.bhwt.org.uk/hen-health/health-problems/prolapse/

 

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Would petroleum jelly work? I don't have any of the other ointments

 

[Mrs J]

Would petroleum jelly work? I don't have any of the other ointments

Yes petroleum jelly is vasaline

 

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How do i keep her from pushing it back out?