Help - Rooster with prolapsed vent?

[azygous]

If he has an impacted crop, no, pumpkin isn't what he should have right now. Oil is the best thing to get birds freed up. Do you have a neighbor that might have coconut oil?

 

[Denise McWhorter]

I did. It is not very full feeling, and not super hard but more hard than not I guess - not that mushy crunchy that I have felt on my hens in the past. I am not sure what it is supposed to feel like. :-(

 

[azygous]

It could be impacted. It doesn't take much, a hard mass as small as a walnut can stop up a chicken crop. Did you try to locate some coconut oil? It really is the easiest to get down. Your rooster needs about a tablespoon full all together to do any good.

And massage the crop gently and maybe the mass will break up.

 

[azygous]

Do you have any lard? Lard would work. So would Crisco. Not nearly as good as coconut oil, but better than nothing.

 

[Denise McWhorter]

I don't really have any neighbors, kind of out in the middle of nowhere. I did give him some mineral oil but not a whole tablespoon. I can probably mix it with food in the morning, he was not interested in any water tonight as it is pretty late. I can get some coconut oil tomorrow at the store if you think that is better than mineral oil.

Does yogurt help with this condition as well? I did give him some earlier today as mentioned.

 

[Denise McWhorter]

I do have crisco. I could probably get some in him, although it would probably work better mixed with food in the morning. I can try to give him some tonight- do I just scrape a bit into his open beak?

 

[Denise McWhorter]

Update: He did not eat the feed laced with Crisco this morning. However when I let him out he immediately went and mated with two of the girls. He was acting completely normal all day, holding his tail feathers high. I saw him mate several other times through the day. I gave them a suet block as a treat which he ate quite a bit from, hoping it would get some oils into him. When I checked on his butt this evening after roosting, he was bleeding quite a bit still from his vent, and it was freezing on him. I brought him in and soaked him again. I massaged his crop while doing so, it did not seem very hard but not very full either. I sprayed some aloe on his vent, which is still prolapsed. I gave him some coconut oil but there was no way I could give him a whole tablespoon as it was melting in the bathroom with the heater on. I gave him probably 1/2 tsp - 3/4 tsp. I will keep him in tonight and let him out in the morning. I will be at work all day so I won't really know how he is doing until after he roosts. The bleeding is now what is really concerning me. I as surprised his vent was still prolapsed since he was all happy mating today.

Any ideas as to what may be causing the bleeding?

 

[Eggcessive]

A teapoonful of either mineral oil or coconut oil is a good dose. It can be combined with other things, such as yogurt or wet feed. A drop or two at a time will also work.