I asked the other day what to do

[Didi84]

This is the female that has the problem. I was told I should have her put down

 

[Kiki]

Does she have a prolapsed vent?
The pic is too small for me to get a good view.

 

[Lavender Ro]

She might have a Prolapsed Vent. I have had a Rhode Island Red like that before. It is fairly common, but hard to treat.

 

[The Phantom]

Looks like she has an egg stuck.
Can you see one?

 

[Didi84]

That is what I was told but now she changed her mind and said it was her intestine. No I can't see an egg

 

[The Phantom]

It could be a soft shell

 

[Didi84]

Here is another pic

 

[The Phantom]

Not sure sorry.

 

[Didi84]

This is the best I can get

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Your hen appears in the photo to have a prolapsed vent with an egg stuck in it. (Intestines don't make that shape...that is an egg shape...which could be soft shelled).

If egg bound with prolapse, you have two choices. Attempt to treat it, or cull her.

Prolapsed vents are hard to treat. I personally would put the bird down as it tends to happen again, but that's me since I don't want to breed those genetics forward.

However, there are those on BYC who have successfully treated it.

I will give you some links as to what you could do in order to treat it.

Good luck with her. Poor thing.

LofMc

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic.html

Here's a video of an owner actually working the bound egg out and repairing the prolapse...a little slow...but you can see the procedure.