Help! Prolapsed vent wont go back in AGAIN!

[ChickenPeep]

Good luck! I hope she does better! I'm rooting for her!

 

[stcroixusvi]

Thank you, again! I can handle three weeks as long as she stays as happy as she is. My husband rigged a small roost for her in the carrier and she hopped right on it. We are feeding her 4 - 5 times a day in short periods of light exposure. I would hate to think of her trying to pass an egg at this point.

It does seem as thought there is something a little crusty on the outside of the protruded vent. I don't dare peel it off because it looks fleshy and might be bleed underneath. I wonder if it is part of the egg white that just congealed to her insides. Either way, I am hopeful it will come off. Sometimes some of it comes off while I am spraying the warm water lightly on it. Initially I couldn't even look at the mess, but now it doesn't seem to bother me as much - a little like parenting

Thanks again for help and support.

 

[katie4]

An extrememly experienced chicken raiser said that in extreme cases of a prolapse, a chicken can be kept in the dark and fed only enough feed to sustain her (keep her from starving). This will cease egg production and allow her oviduct to heal and return to its normal position. She also said that the chicken will molt. This is a long term treatment if that vent just won't stay in after weeks of treatment as suggested by the other advisors.

Good luck and keep trying to heal your hen.

 

[stcroixusvi]

She is such a trooper. I cleaned her up and gave her some food - she still continues to poop normal but very small poops. (I am amazed at the size of some of the poops in the coops - big egg sized!) But hers are normal looking, just smaller scale. But she shows no signs of being able to accept the oviduct back into her. There is a scab on it, and that may be why, but it is stuck pretty hard, so I am ok with just waiting until whatever is underneath to heal before really trying again. I've been giving her small feed, scrambled eggs and yogurt.

Should I give her grit with this bland diet?

Thanks again for the help.

 

[Marcymom3]

Glad to hear she's doing better. I think maybe you should put some grit in there with her. Keep us posted!

 

[stcroixusvi]

I will....she's been eating and drinking normally, and the scabby part on her exposed oviduct is starting to come off. She is such a trooper.

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[the3ofus+oursixchicks]

yes you better keep her in the dark most of the time and only let her have 4 to 6 hrs of light a day til she is better. she will lay again if you dont and it will start again. i just went through something like this wiht my rosey. the light instructions came from our vet. he put a purse string around her vent to keep her from prolapsing again. it doesnt have to be total dark like night but close to it to be safe so she can heal. i hope she is better next time you post. best wishes to you and little hen. you can read my whole ordeal on here. her name is rosey and the topic is help egg hanging on the outside of my hen (something like that). you could get some wonderful advice from it. the people really helped me on here. but the kight thing is VERY important

 

[stcroixusvi]

Thank you, I'll look it up. I have had her darkness except for the 3-4 times I take her out to eat and drink. The last thing I want is for her to lay another egg. She was an early layer, a production red. I'll be curious to read about the purse string.

the3ofus+oursixchicks :

yes you better keep her in the dark most of the time and only let her have 4 to 6 hrs of light a day til she is better. she will lay again if you dont and it will start again. i just went through something like this wiht my rosey. the light instructions came from our vet. he put a purse string around her vent to keep her from prolapsing again. it doesnt have to be total dark like night but close to it to be safe so she can heal. i hope she is better next time you post. best wishes to you and little hen. you can read my whole ordeal on here. her name is rosey and the topic is help egg hanging on the outside of my hen (something like that). you could get some wonderful advice from it. the people really helped me on here. but the kight thing is VERY important​

 

[stcroixusvi]

I remember reading about Rosey when it happened, and is probably one of the reasons I knew what was going on when Allison had the egg hanging from her. Thanks for reminding me. I am also happy to hear that Rosey started laying again. Allison has been such a trooper. The funny thing is, she was the one Red that I could not get a leg band on because she wouldn't be caught. Now she is incredibly tame, and sits patiently, eating and drinking up on our shop table. She is in a large dog crate the rest of the time with a small roost my husband rigged.

the3ofus+oursixchicks :

yes you better keep her in the dark most of the time and only let her have 4 to 6 hrs of light a day til she is better. she will lay again if you dont and it will start again. i just went through something like this wiht my rosey. the light instructions came from our vet. he put a purse string around her vent to keep her from prolapsing again. it doesnt have to be total dark like night but close to it to be safe so she can heal. i hope she is better next time you post. best wishes to you and little hen. you can read my whole ordeal on here. her name is rosey and the topic is help egg hanging on the outside of my hen (something like that). you could get some wonderful advice from it. the people really helped me on here. but the kight thing is VERY important​

 

[stcroixusvi]

When I went to feed her this morning, her vent was back in!!

The rest of the scab was on the newspaper in the carrier, and her vent looked normal! It was a week and a day - I am truly amazed at her ability to heal, and very grateful. We'll keep her on her reduced light schedule for a few more days before reintroducing her to the flock. What a trooper she has been!