Hen with prolapsed vent

[ThisFeatherFamily]

Please help! My five year old hen, Copper, has a prolapsed vent. I gave her an epsom salt soak. I pushed it back in, but it came right back out. She pooped before, but now she keeps straining and nothing is coming out. I’m so scared I made it worse. Please help, I don’t know what to do

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you give her a human calcium tablet or a Tums orally? Tums can be broken in half and just open her beak and give it. There could be an egg coming along. If the prolapse comes back out, take a picture. Keep the prolapse from drying out with honey, vaseline, hyrocortisone cream, or oil. The prolapse may take days to a week to go back in and stay. Let us know if she is not able to poop.

 

[ThisFeatherFamily]

Can you give her a human calcium tablet or a Tums orally? Tums can be broken in half and just open her beak and give it. There could be an egg coming along. If the prolapse comes back out, take a picture. Keep the prolapse from drying out with honey, vaseline, hyrocortisone cream, or oil. The prolapse may take days to a week to go back in and stay. Let us know if she is not able to poop.

Tiny bits of poop keep coming out. I’m not able to push it back in anymore. I took that photo with flash on, that’s why it’s so red

 

[ThisFeatherFamily]

Can you give her a human calcium tablet or a Tums orally? Tums can be broken in half and just open her beak and give it. There could be an egg coming along. If the prolapse comes back out, take a picture. Keep the prolapse from drying out with honey, vaseline, hyrocortisone cream, or oil. The prolapse may take days to a week to go back in and stay. Let us know if she is not able to poop.

Should I give her any food?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks very swollen, so I would just apply oil or honey, and leave it for now. Yes she can have water or also some food if she is hungry. The calcium is very necessary right now. Here is a good one:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MIudiu0oKSjQMV7kxHAR0yxS3pEAQYASABEgIFFfD_BwE

 

[ThisFeatherFamily]

It looks very swollen, so I would just apply oil or honey, and leave it for now. Yes she can have water or also some food if she is hungry. The calcium is very necessary right now. Here is a good one:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MIudiu0oKSjQMV7kxHAR0yxS3pEAQYASABEgIFFfD_BwE

Thank you so much for your help! I put honey on it, and I’m going to take her to the vet

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know how she gets along. She has a good chance on surviving without the vet, but the vet may put a stitch in her vent to hold it in. Sometimes it takes as long a week for it to stay in. Sometimes they can be prolapsed and egg bound at the same time, and the egg can get trapped outside the vent. I hope that she does okay.

 

[ThisFeatherFamily]

Let us know how she gets along. She has a good chance on surviving without the vet, but the vet may put a stitch in her vent to hold it in. Sometimes it takes as long a week for it to stay in. Sometimes they can be prolapsed and egg bound at the same time, and the egg can get trapped outside the vent. I hope that she does okay.

Thank you! She got two stitches at the vet. She’s eating and drinking, but she hasn’t pooped yet since she got the stitches.

 

[Eggcessive]

Keep us posted on her recovery. Glad that the vet helped her.

 

[ThisFeatherFamily]

Keep us posted on her recovery. Glad that the vet helped her.

She’s still doing well, except today she threw up. I know chickens don’t throw up like humans do, but they expel stuff from their crop. Is it normal for her to be doing that? Ive also been wondering if I should let her go outside for a little today. I’ve been keeping her in the garage in somewhat low lighting, and I think she’d be happy to go in the grass and get some sun.