Hen with Nasty Vent Area

[Kiki]

Does not look like a prolapse.

 

[emmitthermitt]

Does not look like a prolapse.

Okay, thank you.

 

[emmitthermitt]

Just an update on the hen
She seems to be perfectly okay now. She did not have worms, and after just sitting and watching her it appeared that her vent muscles just could not push out the poop properly. She laid an egg two days ago, and I am assuming it is the first time to lay an egg in a month or two. She ripped her vent a bit but now her muscles seem to be perfectly functional. I still wipe her off daily because she bleeds from the rips whenever she lays an egg, but she no longer has a poopy butt. The rips seem to be healing with no obvious sign of infection.
I cleaned her today and while holding her she pooped and everything seemed functional with solid, normal chicken poop.
So I don't really know what her overall problem was, but she seems to be better.

 

[Eggcessive]

She may benefit from some warm soaks to her bottom with Epsom salts 1 ounce per gallon of water daily. That can draw out any infection and help to heal her vent area. Make sure there are no flies or fly larvae (maggots) present, which can be common in summertime and can cause flystrike. A little plain neosporin ointment applied to the bleeding split area can help.

 

[mobius]

Also when you clean her you can rinse her with saline solution (peroxide is thought to be too harsh and may prevent healing on chickens).

http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/He.../Normal-Saline-Solution-How-prepare-home.aspx

Squirt bottle will work.

Love the epsom salt idea!

 

[dee34491]

I'm a firm believer in "Petrolum jelly" it will help her heal ...lubricate. .protect skin... check for lice.

 

[mobius]

coconut oil is also said to have some healing properties...