"GRAPHIC PIC" - Prolapse????

[Ducati]

Well, this evening when I went to go check on my chickens, I noticed our beloved Dorothy was laying down and not moving. Didnt take long to realize she was dead. Dorothy was a great layer and had a wonderful personality. But I have no idea what happened. About 1 month ago her eggs became so soft we could hardly remove them from the nesting box without them cracking. So I bought some oystell shell, hoping that would solve the issue. Then about 7-10 days ago she stopped laying altogether. Today, she's dead, and has, what looks like an intestine, hanging out of her vent. Can someone help diagnose what happened to her?

 

[4-H chicken mom]

I'm so sorry about your girl. That does look like she prolapsed.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Whoa! That's pretty intense! I would have to take a guess and say that would be prolapse, but it is the most I've seen outside of the body yet. (Knocks on wood)

 

[NotTheMomma]

Are you sure some predator didn't kill her and start to eat her?

Hard to tell in the picture, but looks like more damage above the intestinal area, like something was eating her.

I'm sorry for you loss.

Huggles!

 

[dlhunicorn]

"soft eggs" will occasional occur but when it is chronic then this is very serious indeed (many things can be the cause including an incorect ratio of phos/calcium to each other ) and you can expect laying difficulties (egg getting stuck, prolapse etc.). A guess would be that the egg broke inside and she died from sepsis from that...