My hen has a prolapsed vent !

[chicki291]

This is a picture of our hen. Sometimes she lays in our rack. She's small. A bantam chicken but with no feathers on her feet

 

[chicki291]

I would use 1/2 cup (4 ounces) of Epsom salts per gallon of warm water. Online you will find 1/2 ounce per gallon to 2 cups per gallon. I would lubricate the vent with the coconut oil or vaseline after cleaning off the dried tissue, and just go ahead and puch it back inside. Hold it there for a couple of minutes. You just want to get the pink tissue back inside, so it doesn’t dry out.

Okay thank you. Will she poop normally again after this?

 

[Aunt Angus]

I've been following this thread. I'm impressed by your resolve! Speedy is lucky to have a good chicken parent! I am so glad she is doing better!

Question: Is that your primary feed? Does she get any pellet? I ask because I'm not sure that is intended to be primary feed. It looks like scratch to me. I've read that too much scratch can contribute to vent problems. Scratch is chicken candy, and I've read that it should only be given occasionally.

 

[chicki291]

I've been following this thread. I'm impressed by your resolve! Speedy is lucky to have a good chicken parent! I am so glad she is doing better!

Question: Is that your primary feed? Does she get any pellet? I ask because I'm not sure that is intended to be primary feed. It looks like scratch to me. I've read that too much scratch can contribute to vent problems. Scratch is chicken candy, and I've read that it should only be given occasionally.

This is her primary feed. They eat only a little of it in the morning. I didn't know about chicken pellets
She eats a bit of this, then pecks at the grass and likes cathing ants by scratching at out plant's roots

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It sounds like you are doing everything right.

I would use the directions that eggcessive gave you regarding the espom salts. Hopefully after soaking, the poop/urates will loosen up and come off easily.

Any exposed tissue keep that moist with the coconut oil or vaseline.

Good idea adding egg or some type of protein to her diet. Keep us posted.

I've been following this thread. I'm impressed by your resolve! Speedy is lucky to have a good chicken parent! I am so glad she is doing better!

Question: Is that your primary feed? Does she get any pellet? I ask because I'm not sure that is intended to be primary feed. It looks like scratch to me. I've read that too much scratch can contribute to vent problems. Scratch is chicken candy, and I've read that it should only be given occasionally.

Scratch is like candy, but since the OP lives in a different part of the world, sometimes commercial feeds are not available, are hard to get or even expensive. Since a lot of the hen's diet is coming from foraging, what she is getting is probably o.k. as long as there's quality forage (bugs, plants, etc.) available. Plus she is supplementing with egg, yogurt, meat, veggies, etc., to help round out the diet.

 

[Aunt Angus]

It sounds like you are doing everything right.

I would use the directions that eggcessive gave you regarding the espom salts. Hopefully after soaking, the poop/urates will loosen up and come off easily.

Any exposed tissue keep that moist with the coconut oil or vaseline.

Good idea adding egg or some type of protein to her diet. Keep us posted.


Scratch is like candy, but since the OP lives in a different part of the world, sometimes commercial feeds are not available, are hard to get or even expensive. Since a lot of the hen's diet is coming from foraging, what she is getting is probably o.k. as long as there's quality forage (bugs, plants, etc.) available. Plus she is supplementing with egg, yogurt, meat, veggies, etc., to help round out the diet.

That makes complete sense. If they forage primarily, then a bit of scratch wouldn't hurt. I'm learning all the time! Love BYC for that!!!

 

[Aunt Angus]

She eats a bit of this, then pecks at the grass and likes cathing ants by scratching at out plant's roots

That sounds like chicken heaven!

 

[chicki291]

That sounds like chicken heaven!

It is ! They free range all day long !

 

[chicki291]

Okay guys so my hen just woke up. I see that her crop is still half full. Yesterday it was actually pretty full before bed, so is it normal to have only gone down a little bit, and not fully enpty?

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Or if it doesn't go back in, the vet can stitch across the vent so that the prolapse doesn't happen again, but she can still poop. I've read of this being done in cows.

You read my mind!