Necrosis?

[coach723]

It may take several times, soak each time, 20 minutes or what she will tolerate, to help soften it. The ointment may help soften it also.

 

[Henhaven2090]

It may take several times, soak each time, 20 minutes or what she will tolerate, to help soften it. The ointment may help soften it also.

This is what it looks like today. Had a long soak and debrided as best I could. The ointment seems to be helping.

 

[Eggcessive]

Keep up the good work.

 

[aart]

Keep up the good work.

Ditto Dat!^^^


Oh. that looks much better...can almost see what's what.
Has she pooped a solid one yet?

 

[FathertoFeathers]

Looks a million times better. I can see a bit of blood which is a excellent because that means you're getting close to living tissue.

 

[Henhaven2090]

Ditto Dat!^^^


Oh. that looks much better...can almost see what's what.
Has she pooped a solid one yet?

Yes she is pooping much more solid. Stinks to high heaven but it comes out much easier. She kind of bears down a little when she does it and makes a little chirp, which isn’t normal for her, but it’s coming out.

 

[aart]

Yes she is pooping much more solid. Stinks to high heaven but it comes out much easier. She kind of bears down a little when she does it and makes a little chirp, which isn’t normal for her, but it’s coming out.

That's good!
It almost looked like a hunk of poop stuck in vent in the previous pics...
...like problem was a fecal impaction rather than, or what caused, a prolapse.
No doubt things are not back to normal as of yet, thus the pain and chirp upon excretion.

 

[Henhaven2090]

That's good!
It almost looked like a hunk of poop stuck in vent in the previous pics...
...like problem was a fecal impaction rather than, or what caused, a prolapse.
No doubt things are not back to normal as of yet, thus the pain and chirp upon excretion.

Okay so update. One pic is before soak, then I soaked her really well and sprayed out some of the poop that hangs out after she goes. It started bleeding a bit and there’s almost like a little cherry that was the bleeder. Prolapse? But we’re defjnitely seeing less black and more pink tissue as we go.

 

[Eggcessive]

Intersting about the red tissue. Here is another thread about something called a cloacolith that you may want to read about to compare with hour hen:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/cloaca-plugged-pictures-in-post.1331676/

 

[FathertoFeathers]

Looking excellent! Great that were starting to see living tissue. Keep up the soaking and great work!