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[hbrown322]

Vet confirmed a prolapsed vent. I’ll be bringing her home this afternoon. Have any of you had luck with treating this at home? The vet offered expensive help, which I delcined. I know these can be reoccurring and if they are bad enough it’s better to cull the chicken. But I’d like to try to treat it before I do that.

 

[Carlynicoles1]

11 chickens, south of Fort wayne!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Curious if this thread is current, or if there's a new one I'm in Demotte

Welcome to BYC and our thread! Yes very active, and its ok to talk about other critters too.

Went to fill the hens water this morning and my bantam Cochin had a buldge around her vent. I think it’s either a prolapsed vent or a hernia. I had a hen pass from being egg bound recently and I don’t want this one to suffer. Of course I noticed this right before I had to leave for work, so my fiancé is taking her to the vet for me in about an hour. I’ve read that if it’s a hernia it will be terminal unless I do the expensive surgery. If it’s a prolapsed vent there are underlying issues I need to figure out as to what caused it. Fingers crossed for an inexpensive & positive trip to the vet!

Looks like Penny's abandoned the nest. I'm not sure what's taking eggs out from under her, but it's got her scared and doesn't wait long into the night to strike. Going to have to shut them all in earlier. Fertility had been really poor.

Not sure why a gang of turkeys this size puts so little alarm and fight into anything. Jake will take on a 100 lb Rottweiler but hasn't taught whatever this is a lesson. Must be "the fight in the dog". Guineas wouldn't put up with that, but my neighbors wouldn't put up with them.

Slso, might finally have DH's approval for a barn cat. We have two dogs though, and that's so far been a big obstacle as we're waiting to figure how Ursa is going to react to one. She killed a rat, but rats aren't cats. She's never tried to hurt a cat before and she does respond pretty well to aggression from other animals, though it can take her awhile to figure out that said animal isn't actually playing with her. Jake can push her around, and she'll alternately "play?!" and cower behind me. Think she's figuring that out though (Jake isn't playing).

She jumped through a closed window yesterday (yup, popped that Lexan right out) and has been jumping over fences any time we turn our backs. Haven't had a dog this determined to escape since the Beagle about a decade ago (he chewed through harnesses, uprooted stakes, dug under and jumped over fences too, but at least he didn't pop windows out). She never wanders far (mostly sits on the front porch), but she's so big and energetic that I'm worried someone's going to shoot her in this neighborhood (someone emptied six shots into something this morning as I was getting ready for school) or call animal control on her.

Oh boy, is she spayed? No you don't want animal Control involved. They are pushed to write tickets, trust me. One police chief I worked for expected 1 citation or warning and 8 contacts a day.

Vet confirmed a prolapsed vent. I’ll be bringing her home this afternoon. Have any of you had luck with treating this at home? The vet offered expensive help, which I delcined. I know these can be reoccurring and if they are bad enough it’s better to cull the chicken. But I’d like to try to treat it before I do that.

I have had good luck applying witch hazel to the prolapse. Have also used preparation H (made for hemmoroids).

11 chickens, south of Fort wayne!

Welcome to BYC and our thread!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I said goodbye to my best critter friend today and about ripped my heart out , she was 6. RIP Sugar, my oldest Oberhasli goat doe. I am sharing what happened with all of you because its my fault. I have kept goats all my life, starting around 11 years old. A few years without when I had to live in town. I have always used the pelleted type goat wormer. One of my girls lived to 14 years old! I was also naive to the fact it does not kill all worms goats can get. Had my vet out to look at her and do fecals on everyone. She had a "barber pole" worm infestation, and it took her life this morning. Devastated, anyone that's ever met Sugar knows she was pretty special, and like a family dog to us. Here is one link I found for those that keep goats, or plan to, just a short summary of what it is:
https://thefreerangelife.com/barber-pole-worms-in-goats/
This was a new one on me, and cost me - dearly. No, we can't know everything, but its our responsibility to try. Deworming on schedule is great, but fecal tests and a vet is the true answer for proper care. Going forward I will have fecals done every 6 months, cows and goats.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@jchny2000

 

[hbrown322]

I said goodbye to my best critter friend today and about ripped my heart out , she was 6. RIP Sugar, my oldest Oberhasli goat doe. I am sharing what happened with all of you because its my fault. I have kept goats all my life, starting around 11 years old. A few years without when I had to live in town. I have always used the pelleted type goat wormer. One of my girls lived to 14 years old! I was also naive to the fact it does not kill all worms goats can get. Had my vet out to look at her and do fecals on everyone. She had a "barber pole" worm infestation, and it took her life this morning. Devastated, anyone that's ever met Sugar knows she was pretty special, and like a family dog to us. Here is one link I found for those that keep goats, or plan to, just a short summary of what it is:
https://thefreerangelife.com/barber-pole-worms-in-goats/
This was a new one on me, and cost me - dearly. No, we can't know everything, but its our responsibility to try. Deworming on schedule is great, but fecal tests and a vet is the true answer for proper care. Going forward I will have fecals done every 6 months, cows and goats.

So sorry for your loss!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

@jchny2000

So sorry for your loss!

Thank you both very hard day.

 

[faerydust16]

@jchny2000 I

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

11 chickens, south of Fort wayne!

Hi and welcome!

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I said goodbye to my best critter friend today and about ripped my heart out , she was 6. RIP Sugar, my oldest Oberhasli goat doe. I am sharing what happened with all of you because its my fault. I have kept goats all my life, starting around 11 years old. A few years without when I had to live in town. I have always used the pelleted type goat wormer. One of my girls lived to 14 years old! I was also naive to the fact it does not kill all worms goats can get. Had my vet out to look at her and do fecals on everyone. She had a "barber pole" worm infestation, and it took her life this morning. Devastated, anyone that's ever met Sugar knows she was pretty special, and like a family dog to us. Here is one link I found for those that keep goats, or plan to, just a short summary of what it is:
https://thefreerangelife.com/barber-pole-worms-in-goats/
This was a new one on me, and cost me - dearly. No, we can't know everything, but its our responsibility to try. Deworming on schedule is great, but fecal tests and a vet is the true answer for proper care. Going forward I will have fecals done every 6 months, cows and goats.