Help! Vent prolapse.

[tousiga]

I need help determining if I need to cull my favorite girl. I found her with a prolapsed vent yesterday, cleaned her up, attempted to reinsert, and it popped back out. I applied Preparation H and left her separated from the flock with fresh food and water overnight. The next day, the bulge of tissue seemed slightly smaller, I cleaned her up again, reinserted once more, held it in place for five minutes, and it almost immediately popped out again. The protruding tissue seems to have some necrosis to it as well, as if I wasn’t able to catch her problem before my bully chicken got to her. One more problem is that it seems she’s continually trying to push sometime out. With the second reinsertion attempt, I felt around and there is nothing hard, so I’m fairly confident no eggs are stuck. Does it sound like she can come back from this? This is a picture before I had really gotten the chance to clean her up.

 

[SarahGfa]

How old is she? It can take a few days or more for the prolapse to go back in. I think my one pullet had a prolapse for over a week, and then it finally stayed in. Try soaking her butt in epsom salt.

Also helps to put her in a dark place to slow down the laying cycle and reduce stress.

 

[tousiga]

How old is she? It can take a few days or more for the prolapse to go back in. I think my one pullet had a prolapse for over a week, and then it finally stayed in. Try soaking her butt in epsom salt.

Also helps to put her in a dark place to slow down the laying cycle and reduce stress.

She’s 2.

 

[BeckB]

I need help determining if I need to cull my favorite girl. I found her with a prolapsed vent yesterday, cleaned her up, attempted to reinsert, and it popped back out. I applied Preparation H and left her separated from the flock with fresh food and water overnight. The next day, the bulge of tissue seemed slightly smaller, I cleaned her up again, reinserted once more, held it in place for five minutes, and it almost immediately popped out again. The protruding tissue seems to have some necrosis to it as well, as if I wasn’t able to catch her problem before my bully chicken got to her. One more problem is that it seems she’s continually trying to push sometime out. With the second reinsertion attempt, I felt around and there is nothing hard, so I’m fairly confident no eggs are stuck. Does it sound like she can come back from this? This is a picture before I had really gotten the chance to clean her up.

Following! Same exact thing with my chicken right now! The whole necrosis and all!!

 

[Show Sebright]

Wipe the poo of and sit her in a warm bath of water.

 

[Show Sebright]

Wash her whole vent area of poop and dirt. I would wear some gloves for this. Try to use some simple soap like dawn.

 

[Show Sebright]

Lightly push the tissue back in. She will be fine. You need to place your finger on her vent opening to keep the tissue in.

 

[Show Sebright]

Then Apply some anti-inflammatory cream. The one I used is pictured below. I got it a Walmart. You can do that or Veterycen 3 times a day. I liked the first option.

 

[Show Sebright]

Let her heat in a dark room and given her some electrolytes and food. Try to get calcium in her. If it comes out push it back in.

 

[Show Sebright]

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