Hen with an inside-out bum

[SC_Hugh]

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What are you feeding them? Do they have free choice oyster shell? A poultry expert friend says insufficient calcium can cause a variety of reproductive problems.

--Hugh

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

This is one of my white Leghorn hens who suffered a complete prolaps. The entire oviduct has some out. Sadly this hen passed away within a few minutes of me finding her:

 

[Desert Rooster]

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OMG, poor hen

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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OMG, poor hen

it was quite sad, she passed quickly though so there was little suffering

 

[Trampledbygeese]

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Yep, they have a trough of oyster shells but they don't eat that very often, so we also toss in a few handfuls of shells into their scratch every day. I was thinking I might bury some scratch into their shells to remind them that they are there.

 

[Trampledbygeese]

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Oh My goodness. That's horrible! You poor thing. Poor hen.

Ours wasn't anywhere near that bad, maybe about half the size of an egg, and the tissue was mostly white.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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Oh My goodness. That's horrible! You poor thing. Poor hen.

Ours wasn't anywhere near that bad, maybe about half the size of an egg, and the tissue was mostly white.

A small prolaps can sometimes be soaked in sugar water to reduce swelling and then pushed back in. However, the hen is more likely have to have the some troblem again.

 

[Trampledbygeese]

She is still good this morning. Thank goodness.