Help please

[chickendreams24]

Better lighting and clearer photos are a must.

I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. I believe those look like intestines. Is it possible you have a rat or mink(or some other member of the weasel family) they can and will attack chickens this way.

It could also be cannibalism either started by something unrelated or just from the other birds pecking her.

More photos would help but in truth if it were us we would put her down almost certainly as we don't have access to a vet and her chances are not good.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

She quite possibly has a genetic weakness that allowed the wall of her tract to rupture and this allowed the intestines to spill out of her vent. If it were a predator, she would be dead. Even with a prolapse and picking, it's doubtful she'd expel that amount of intestines without a very large amount of blood. The other hens would've killed her.

I've experienced this as a genetic weakness in a line of ewes passed down from a ram in my flock when I first started. Every ewe met the same demise, we usually found them dead with the intestines trailing out behind them. If found alive, the ewe was quickly dispatched. Consultation with our vet confirmed there was nothing that could be done without enormous expense and the that didn't guarantee any results.

It's very possible she was in the nest box to lay an egg. The straining likely caused the tear and subsequent result.

 

[staceyj]

@Smuvers Farm
Could you take a look at this?

 

[staceyj]

@apryl29
@Sassysouth
@rjohns39
@Redhead Rae
squatch watchers. Help is needed.

 

[staceyj]

@Suzi18 ...

 

[Sassysouth]

I am inexperienced, but I say straining caused that to happen. A warm soak to relax, maybe the egg will come out? Even if you pushed everything back in, I think her intestines would come back out.

 

[Suzi18]

A prolapse vent is treatable but this looks to be much more. Do you have someone there with you to help if need it?

 

[Sassysouth]

I'm so sorry. I can't imagine it being anything else than intestines.

If it were me, I would put her down immediately as quickly and as painlessly as possible.

You "could" take her to a vet. However, the shock of having major organs exposed and the likely hood of infection, along with pain and suffering is a very real possibility.

X2

 

[apryl29]

Unfortunately I'm not experienced enough to have any advice on the situation.
Maybe @Eggcessive can help.

 

[Suzi18]

Are you able to gently push it back in a d thben snugly wrap, like a diaper to keep it from coming back out? And keep her in a dark room