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[athalia17]

@lalaland. Thank you! And to everyone else too!! Never had to deal with this. Poor chicken. I guess I will experience it all eventually.

One of my red rangers has become broody. She is super quiet and not aggressive at all about it. She just keeps sitting in that box calmly. Do I need to remove her every once in a while? Will she drink water and eat? I haven't seen her get out of that box at all. This is my first time having a broody hen also. She's a very big girl too. I was thinking of putting a box on ground level so she is broody in that instead of a nesting box on the wall

 

[NathanZee]

@Nathanzee I had to cut my hens foot open and remove all the garbage, do soaks, etc ava it finally went away. This was after the vet did surgery and it recurred. I heard mixed results with tricide neo, but the process is super easy using it. Google that and bumblefoot.

From what I've heard, going to the vet isn't really worth it, it usually comes back. I think I will try to cut the scab off, then find some way to bandage it. I looked that up, it sounds really good, but I think for now I will try to just cut the scab off, get everything out, then see what happens.

 

[Minniechickmama]

NathanZee, I wish I had some advice, but never had to do that stuff with waterfowl.
I was hoping you were joking about the "Browns" Many people don't realize that with the New Hampshires because with "reds" is how all the hatcheries label them, but not the APA. I didn't know it either until someone corrected me. The Bucks aren't brown though, they are definitely a shade of red. The New Hampshires aren't red either, they are more of an auburn to orange



athalia, sorry about your hen. I have caught a couple prolapses early enough to get them back in without issue, but I lost a Dark Cornish just a few days ago the had prolapsed overnight and it was a not going back.

You have experience the effects of Murphy's Law of Animal Husbandry, what ever bad thing that happens will happen to your best or favorite one. That is a reason to never keep just one rooster if you intend to breed, something always happens to him and you end up with nothing.

 

[KlopKlop]

I think culling was the best thing to do in this case.  With the eggs stuck in and broken, if you couldn't get them out she wasn't going to make it.  And even if you could have washed them out, the odds were against her. 

I have had one hen with prolapse survive - rinsed off, pushed back in, ran to town for preparation H, put that on her vent, and she lived another year.  A second hen, did the same thing but everything kept popping out immediately.  I culled her, poor thing.

Keeping my fingers crossed, haven't had prolapsed hens for about 5 years now, thankfully.

I'm sorry you had a tough day, and glad you have eggs to be thinking about.

It took 5 days for the prolapse on my BA to go back in and stay. It had minor scabbing so it kept coming back out until the scabs came off. I did daily soaks/rinses to remove the scabs. She also stayed in my basement in isolation to prevent pecking

She has since loved back to the flock with no issues!

I wonder if your hen had eggs outside of the duct/tract or whatever it is called. Is it called 'ectopic' when that happens in humans?

 

[Dandelioness]

Hi everybody, I'm back in the Backyard!
Had a busy year with the family & farmette.
I've tried catching up from the point I stopped checking in.
Three weeks later and I still have 306 posts to read!!!
What I've gleaned up to mid August posts...
Bert.... So bummed when he passed, but it was peaceful and I enjoyed every post about him, Ralphie.
Scandal, your first flock looks lovely!
Minnie is downsizing!! I have to admit, panic crept up every time you posted about reductions, but it sounds like you're keeping breeds I'd like to try out, so that's a relief!
I hope Holmes is still around and things worked out one way or another with the family.
Rhetts has cattle! That's my next thing after breeding sheep and adding bees. Good to know of another Backyarder with cattle, I'll be have a barrage of questions when the time comes...
Well, just wanted to say Hi again officially. I'm going to skip back just a few pages and see if I can catch up a little.
La la, EJB, and other friends, looking forward to catching up with you all, too.
And welcome to the inevitable newcomers to the best thread on the "interwebs"

 

[Dandelioness]

Anyone need a pair of African geese?? They r GREAT watch dogs for all types of poultry! They r not aggresive at all! The reason for selling is I need to make room for more chickens. They will be laying this spring and will even hatch their eggs!



I also have 20 eggs in the incubator if anyone wants a few chicks!!

Holmes!!! You have a problem, man! ROFL
GLAD to see you're back in action!

 

[Dandelioness]

At a store about 3 miles south of us. Right next door to where my kid's piano recital was today.
Saw the KENT sign and decided to stop in.
Good decision, it was. They told me that layer feed is the only product they carry because it's so well liked.

Tell me about the Blue Seal, ladies?

 

[Dandelioness]

Yes, with your size operation you would be risking more than me...and I'm guessing the quail are more at risk than the chickens, but who knows.  I haven't heard any chicken owners with bad results from quail, but do know some quail folk who feel their quail became ill because of their chickens.....

I will have to investigate how to determine where to release them, perhaps I could drive them south and let them go somewhere safe.   Mind you, I am not sure what that would be!

If you decide to release them, maybe have them in a controlled range situation at home for a while and see that they go for cover, watch fit predators, etc., before actually releasing them.
Of course, check laws and ordinances & whatnot.
I'd take them, too, but no housing until I could knock something together in the spring. :/

 

[athalia17]

@klop klop, etc- I really have never seen anything like it. I think I figured out what it was. I think it was a combination of the hen being egg bound with not only one egg, but also another broken one... and when she bared down it caused prolapse on the whole tract. The eggs were stuck in the tract still and the whole thing had come out. I gently coaxed it all back in, but the eggs refused to come out once it was back in and it all came back out the moment she bared down again.

To give an idea of the time frame, she was just running around hours before... fine and happy. She had not been in pain long, and it seemed the right thing to do. The only other thing I could have done was bring her to the vet, and that's not in the budget. If anyone has suggestions on what else to do or that could have been done, I appreciate hearing it. I grabbed the chicken health handbook and it was no help in this situation.

 

[Minniechickmama]

@klop klop, etc- I really have never seen anything like it. I think I figured out what it was. I think it was a combination of the hen being egg bound with not only one egg, but also another broken one... and when she bared down it caused prolapse on the whole tract. The eggs were stuck in the tract still and the whole thing had come out. I gently coaxed it all back in, but the eggs refused to come out once it was back in and it all came back out the moment she bared down again.

To give an idea of the time frame, she was just running around hours before... fine and happy. She had not been in pain long, and it seemed the right thing to do. The only other thing I could have done was bring her to the vet, and that's not in the budget. If anyone has suggestions on what else to do or that could have been done, I appreciate hearing it. I grabbed the chicken health handbook and it was no help in this situation.

It sounds like she may have had one or more eggs bound up and then pushed out to prolapse, so no simple answer to fixing something with more than one thing going wrong there. I would have done the same thing. Going to a vet is not only costly but most haven't a clue how to treat birds. You have to find an avian specialist to handle poultry related issues. It is better to learn everything you can about taking care of what comes down the pike and dealing with it on your own.