Help!!! Vent red swollen outside

[Eggcessive]

If she is pooping, then she is not egg bound. You could give her part of a Tums or human calcium tablet to help with muscle contrations.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

She hasn't had any more prolapse today so that's good. Is this a condition that can reoccur?- in a day/ week/ month? So I need to check her vent daily for the rest of her life?

 

[Eggcessive]

Prolapsed vents can reoccur. Did her vent stay prolapsed for any amount of time? Many hens may prolapse slightly when they pass an egg, and then the oviduct tissue goes back in. The problem is if the other chicken see the red tissue, they may peck and injure it. If it stays out, the tissue can dry out and die. Make sure that she gets layer feed and have a container of crushed oyster shell available for her to take as she needs it. The calcium in those can help her muscle tissue to contract and pass eggs.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Prolapsed vents can reoccur. Did her vent stay prolapsed for any amount of time? Many hens may prolapse slightly when they pass an egg, and then the oviduct tissue goes back in. The problem is if the other chicken see the red tissue, they may peck and injure it. If it stays out, the tissue can dry out and die. Make sure that she gets layer feed and have a container of crushed oyster shell available for her to take as she needs it. The calcium in those can help her muscle tissue to contract and pass eggs.

I just checked her over the day before (for signs of laying since she hadn't started yet) so she could have had the prolapse for less then 24 hours at most. .. All my chickens are on grower feed (because I've read extra calcium in layer is not good for roosters). Shell on the side.
I still have her separated this morning and checked again and no prolapse.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

She laid her first egg! Weird shape though very long

 

[Eggcessive]

Congratulations on the egg. Maybe she was having a shard rime laying that first egg, and that is why she had a prolapse.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Congratulations on the egg. Maybe she was having a shard rime laying that first egg, and that is why she had a prolapse.

Yep seems like it... She probably was not eating the shell I have on the side so not enough calcium -I have been mixing tiny bit in her feed last few days and she eats that plus calcium in water.
How do I get her to eat shell on the side? My other girls eat it.

 

[Eggcessive]

My hens will eat crushed shells fed back to them as a treat. How many roosters do you have? I have fed my hens and roosters layer feed with no trouble. When I raised chicks I would switch to all flock or chick starter, but most of the time I fed layer. If you have just one rooster, I would think about switching to layer for the hen’s sake. You could try giving 1/2 of a calcium tablet with D3 for a few days.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

My hens will eat crushed shells fed back to them as a treat. How many roosters do you have? I have fed my hens and roosters layer feed with no trouble. When I raised chicks I would switch to all flock or chick starter, but most of the time I fed layer. If you have just one rooster, I would think about switching to layer for the hen’s sake. You could try giving 1/2 of a calcium tablet with D3 for a few days.

I use to have them on layer but not for over a year now and haven't had any egg problem till now.I see all the ladies eat some shell usually before they go to roost. Except for this pullet. She must've not got the memo! .. I have 2 boys at the mo 6 girls. Chicks due to hatch soon so more boys on the way -although I probably will rehome any boys.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

My hens will eat crushed shells fed back to them as a treat. How many roosters do you have? I have fed my hens and roosters layer feed with no trouble. When I raised chicks I would switch to all flock or chick starter, but most of the time I fed layer. If you have just one rooster, I would think about switching to layer for the hen’s sake. You could try giving 1/2 of a calcium tablet with D3 for a few days.

Do you think I could get layer feed and mix it with the grower feed and that would be ok or would it be worse then just feeding grower feed? Just thinking to get a little more calcium in my girls diet but also not so much that it could harm my boys? Also with shell on the side too.