HELP! 5month old White Rock with protruding behind (pictures inc)

[dgbehrends]

Hoping Daisy is doing well.

I believe she is. On Thursday I went to give her a bath when I noticed her insides were no longer visible. Everything was back up inside her vent. However she was still struggling to poop, and usually just dripped white liquid. So I decided to let her free range the whole day while the other two, Goldy (buff) and Brownie (Easter egger) were in the run. She seemed to be happy outside, wiggling her tail feathers and flapping her wings a little. She had been in a pet carrier with limited light for almost a week. I sprayed her but down with the hose and she didn't seem to mind. That night I put her in the coop with the others and they seemed to be best pals again. Friday I let all of them free range even though it's against the rules for my city. My neighbors are cool with it so as long as they don't complain I don't think I have a problem. My coop camera showed that they were all getting along at night. This morning she seemed fine. She was the leader of the bunch when she was healthy. Now that is Goldy's roll. She still isn't as active as she was before, and still has some diarrhea butt. If she prolapses for a third time I think it will be better to put her down instead of let her go through that again. We will see. The other two have not layed any eggs yet so I'm 5 3/4 months in with only the one prolapsed egg.

 

[dgbehrends]

And finally a fluffy butt picture. Hooray!

I am amazed she survived this ordeal.

 

[twilightgecko]

awesome.. lots of tlc and prayers.. that is such good news..

 

[Eggcessive]

The earlier pictures looked as though there was some dead tissue still present. How does her vent look on the outside? Does she seem to have bowel control, or is she laying eggs? I'm just curious, but really glad to hear that she survived and is doing well.

 

[dgbehrends]

The earlier pictures looked as though there was some dead tissue still present. How does her vent look on the outside? Does she seem to have bowel control, or is she laying eggs? I'm just curious, but really glad to hear that she survived and is doing well.

So my buff (Goldy) and my easter egger (Brownie) started laying eggs on Christmas day. I don't add any extra lighting and in southern MN we don't get much light in December, but nonetheless, they decided it was time to start laying. They have been prolific layers throughout January and February. An egg a day or every other day from each of them. Daisy (a white rock), the prolapser, on the other hand, has not produced anything. In fact, her but is all wet and drippy again. Fortunately, it wasn't when we had the -20-degree temperature in late December and early January. Since then it has stayed positive temperature outside and my coop is usually 20 degrees higher than outside, due to my 10-gallon pet food container filled with water. It is inside the coop and has the sidewall chicken drinking nipples, a 50-watt fish water heater, a fountain pump, and a temp sensor which controls the on and off of the water heater and fountain pump. If she would have gotten that wet butt with the super cold temps that would have probably killed her. Now on to the good story. Yesterday, Daisy laid her first egg!! It was longer and narrower than Goldy or Brownie's but it was good sized. Today she laid another egg in the morning. Looks like she is going to earn her keep after all. I was told that when a chicken prolapses, their egg-laying days are over. Apparently not in this case as it's a chicken miracle!!

 

[Eggcessive]

That is good news. Did her vent area heal well? Thank you for the update.

 

[dgbehrends]

That is good news. Did her vent area heal well? Thank you for the update.

Yes, I believe it did, but as you can see from the pictures there was a lot of her shute hanging out. Some of it necro'd, dried up, and peeled off, but her vent looked all clean after the 10+ days in a pet carrier in my basement. I got a good look at her vent today and it looked normal and clean, however, the feathers around and under her vent are soaked with the white goo that she must be dripping. My wife said her egg tasted great this morning. Both eggs she produced are noticeably narrower than the other two chickens eggs and I'm guessing it's because of a narrowed shute.

In other news, I spotted a fox running down our street in broad daylight today and saw a ton of fox paw prints on the side of the coop from last night. My coop has an automatic door that shuts them in at sundown and opens 2 hours after sunrise, but I'm concerned this fox is going to try to get them in the middle of the day maybe even when we are even home. The chicken wire I have closing in the run will be no match for that fox if he really wants to get them. As I've read, chicken wire is for keeping chickens in, not predators out. I was hoping to not have to worry about predators during the day because of all the human activity in our neighborhood.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would keep an eye on her vent every couple of days and make sure it is clean, since the drippage could irritate her. It could be from damage.
We used chicken wire on our run, then reinforced it with 1/2 inch hardware cloth wire on the outside. Some use 1 x3 horse fencing, but the 1/2 inch wire will keep raccoons from reaching through, and will prevent weasels from slipping through 1 inch chicken wire. Gamecams can be good to use if predators are a problem. Fox or raccoon traps can be used to trap predators if needed.

 

[dgbehrends]

She laid another egg today and this time it was more egg shaped. My backyard abuts up to a 10acre park and the park has some woods on one side. I have some cameras pointing out the windows of my house to track movement. I've seen deer and a couple of possums but never a fox or coyote. Unfortunately, the kids bumped the cam watching the coop, so I missed it when the fox came in at night and tried to pry open the latched coop door. He left paw prints and scratch marks all over the place. He won't be able to get into the coop at night though with the way it is latched. I need to think about putting stronger wire on the run. I find it hard to believe he would try to break through or dig under it in broad daylight when there are lots of cars driving by the park and kids playing in backyards. There are a lot of people that walk dogs during the day too. I put a 2-hour delay on the door opening so that the chickens wouldn't be vulnerable in the early morning when there isn't much human activity.