I lost my first hen from what appears to have been a medical issue.
In hind sight, she had been reluctant to enter the coop and seemed to want to stay in the run.. I did not force her in because I was outside with my dog, but when I went to put her in a couple hours later, she was dead.
Does this look like a prolapsed vent? I did not see signs of trauma (I have lost to raccoons in the past, but reinforced the coop). I wasn't sure if maybe a small possum would have caused this, or if it was just a prolapse.
Is there anything I should do moving forward to prevent my other chickens from having this issue?
In hind sight, she had been reluctant to enter the coop and seemed to want to stay in the run.. I did not force her in because I was outside with my dog, but when I went to put her in a couple hours later, she was dead.
Does this look like a prolapsed vent? I did not see signs of trauma (I have lost to raccoons in the past, but reinforced the coop). I wasn't sure if maybe a small possum would have caused this, or if it was just a prolapse.
Is there anything I should do moving forward to prevent my other chickens from having this issue?
