Is this a prolapse?

[mattoid]

Just collected the eggs from our 4 and found one smeared with blood.

Upon further investigation have discovered a bloody protrusion. It seems to be pulsing and dirty with chicken poop but also seems to be distinct from the vent - whichis why I'm unsure if it's a prolapse (as I thought these were when the insides turned out of the vent itself)




The vent is at the bottom of the picture with the slight curve and the suspect article is on the left. Apologies for the unclear photo, it was the best I could do with the bird in my left hand and my ipad in my right!

Possibly unrelated, but worth mentioning is a bit of a bald leg. Otherwise the bird seems fine, happy pecking around the garden and taking dust baths etc.




Any ideas? Will obviously take to vet if its serious but if it's something I can treat what's the best way to approach this?

 

[wren]

I would check them for mites and or lice. That's normally what blood on an egg means.

 

[casportpony]

Yes, looks like it might be the start of a prolapse and probably where the blood came from.

Clean her up really well, put on a glove and check her for another egg, but be very gentle, don't want to break an egg if there's one in there. I'd probably also give her a human calcium pill.

 

[casportpony]

This thread has tons of great info:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738201/goose-what-is-this-how-did-it-happen-what-do-i-do-about-it