EMERGENCY PROLAPSE!!

[Hitchhen89]

Help I've had one of my younger hens not even a year prolapsed on me she struggled for a minute as I was carrying her trying to figure out what happened and what my next step was attached is a picture I'm thinking a large lash egg that didn't have a shell formed around it or maybe severe egg prolapse

 

[nuthatched]

Not a lash egg, could be a clot

 

[Hitchhen89]

She passed away from blood loss.

 

[coach723]

Agreed, looks like a clot. Possibly her prolapse was pecked by others before you found her, it happens. That could have caused a lot of bleeding and clots. Also possible something was going on inside that wasn't visible that caused the large amount of bleeding.

 

[Hitchhen89]

That makes since there was an egg laying outside and then I found her by it prolapsed I've been gone all day so who knows how long she was there

 

[coach723]

I'm very sorry.
Some hens may prolapse once and then never again, and some birds will do it repeatedly, thankfully most of them never do. The ones that do it repeatedly, it often eventually is the end of them.

 

[Hitchhen89]

I'm very sorry.
Some hens may prolapse once and then never again, and some birds will do it repeatedly, thankfully most of them never do. The ones that do it repeatedly, it often eventually is the end of them.

This was her first and only time unfortunately. I was wondering if their feed was too high in protein the flock has an upper respiratory going through and I know molting is coming soon so I switched to a 20% protein. Just to help them maintain energy and put on some weight for the winter.

 

[coach723]

20% protein should not be a problem. Sometimes a large or rough egg can cause a prolapse (and some respiratory illnesses can affect laying). Some birds, it seems, just don't develop exactly right and they are more prone to prolapse, reason is usually unknown. Sadly, it happens sometimes. Sometimes treatment can save them, sometimes it cannot. It's not likely that it was anything you did or did not do.