Masaia_124
In the Brooder
- May 20, 2025
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Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone here can help me understand what happened to one of my older hens.
Yesterday, I noticed she had a very poopy bottom, and this morning a small amount of blood where she had been sleeping. I decided to give her a bath to clean her up, and during that process I found that the skin under her vent (below her butt) had split open—fully exposed, like her skin had cracked or torn. It was quite graphic and shocking.
Earlier in the day, my partner had seen a white, string-like thing hanging from her vent. We're not sure if it was tissue, her oviduct, a parasite, or something else.
Due to her condition and the severity of the wound, we made the difficult decision to put her down.
I’m trying to understand what could have caused this. For context:
- I have (had) 3 older hens, though I don’t know their exact ages.
- One died about a month ago while I was away, so I wasn’t able to observe symptoms.
- Now this second one has passed due to this injury/illness.
- The remaining hen has been lethargic for a few days, has a droopy tail, purple-tinged comb, a messy vent area (I cleaned her two days ago).
I’m very concerned there may be an underlying illness affecting all of them. If anyone has insight, I would be really grateful.
Thank you so much for your help
Yesterday, I noticed she had a very poopy bottom, and this morning a small amount of blood where she had been sleeping. I decided to give her a bath to clean her up, and during that process I found that the skin under her vent (below her butt) had split open—fully exposed, like her skin had cracked or torn. It was quite graphic and shocking.
Earlier in the day, my partner had seen a white, string-like thing hanging from her vent. We're not sure if it was tissue, her oviduct, a parasite, or something else.
Due to her condition and the severity of the wound, we made the difficult decision to put her down.
I’m trying to understand what could have caused this. For context:
- I have (had) 3 older hens, though I don’t know their exact ages.
- One died about a month ago while I was away, so I wasn’t able to observe symptoms.
- Now this second one has passed due to this injury/illness.
- The remaining hen has been lethargic for a few days, has a droopy tail, purple-tinged comb, a messy vent area (I cleaned her two days ago).
I’m very concerned there may be an underlying illness affecting all of them. If anyone has insight, I would be really grateful.
Thank you so much for your help
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