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[edamaske]

I know the pictures are not the best... it is dripping out slowly. And kind of hanging out of her.

 

[edamaske]

Like a bugger almost, it is going to be hard to trap her they are free rang.. and not really used to people.

 

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[DylansMom]

I can't see anything in this picture. A prolapsed egg looks like the ovaduct is hanging outside the bird with a large and mostly bloody and poo all over it in a mass of sticky nasty feathers. Sorry I haven't time to go look for the pictures I took of it as I have to get started on a really busy day. I'll try to find them this evening.

If it is a prolapsed egg she will need a razor blade, Q-Tips and vaselene. Hot water in a tub for soaking the bird can sometimes free the egg, if that doesn't work more help will have to given to free the egg.

The chicken I cut the egg out of lived and layed many more eggs after that, but sometimes.... the worse can happen.

Sounds about as pleasant as I imagined it would. Hopefully we will see better pictures when edamaske gets home from work. By then my TMJ may have me out of commission again, so you and @casportpony may be on deck. Anytime anything prolapses the worst can and often does happen, we will keep our fingers crossed though. And remember these are abandoned Peas, they are not the OP's pets, so they probably will not take kindly to handling.

 

[edamaske]

I have a friend with chickens and has had chickens with a prolapsed egg, he is calling me after work! Hoping he can come and help me! Thank you again for your helpful information.

 

[edamaske]

So the egg that was found yesterday my dog who eats everything got it.... There is no more goop hanging from her BUT I do have what looks to be a good egg in the nest someone made. It is near where the hen that I am concerned with was sitting. My friend with the chickens doesn't seem to think it's a prolapsed egg. I never seen a sack like thing hanging from her. But maybe a young hen with soft shelled eggs, since we seem to have a good sold egg in the nest. So I have seen since Saturday 2 broken eggs and one good egg... her wings are hanging much lower this evening than this morning. I guess all I can do is wait and see. She is walking eating and drinking from what I can tell.

 

[edamaske]

Thank you

 

[DylansMom]

So the egg that was found yesterday my dog who eats everything got it.... There is no more goop hanging from her BUT I do have what looks to be a good egg in the nest someone made. It is near where the hen that I am concerned with was sitting. My friend with the chickens doesn't seem to think it's a prolapsed egg. I never seen a sack like thing hanging from her. But maybe a young hen with soft shelled eggs, since we seem to have a good sold egg in the nest. So I have seen since Saturday 2 broken eggs and one good egg... her wings are hanging much lower this evening than this morning. I guess all I can do is wait and see. She is walking eating and drinking from what I can tell.

Peahens usually lay their eggs around sundown, so when a hen is in the process (and the process can take a couple days) it is typical for them to look worse in the evenings. Mine will look terrible in the evening and look fine the next morning and then lay the egg the following evening. That good egg is most likely from another hen, this girl is having laying difficulties and it would be a bit odd to have a good one in the midst of all this. How many hens are running around all together? I would say at this point wait and see is about all you can do. Do you think the goop could have been a soft egg that broke under her after she laid it, and was just stuck to her? That would probably be best-case scenario at this time.

 

[edamaske]

Peahens usually lay their eggs around sundown, so when a hen is in the process (and the process can take a couple days) it is typical for them to look worse in the evenings. Mine will look terrible in the evening and look fine the next morning and then lay the egg the following evening. That good egg is most likely from another hen, this girl is having laying difficulties and it would be a bit odd to have a good one in the midst of all this. How many hens are running around all together? I would say at this point wait and see is about all you can do. Do you think the goop could have been a soft egg that broke under her after she laid it, and was just stuck to her? That would probably be best-case scenario at this time.

I have a total of 5 hens, 1 I know is a year (hatched in july 2014) 2 had nests last year. They other 2 I am unsure how old they are. I am hoping to catch somebody sitting on the nest at bed time so I know who's it is...

 

[DylansMom]

I have a total of 5 hens, 1 I know is a year (hatched in july 2014) 2 had nests last year. They other 2 I am unsure how old they are. I am hoping to catch somebody sitting on the nest at bed time so I know who's it is...

Can you tell them apart? Usually when it's a free range flock they tend to all be the same variety and look almost identical. I have several mature white males and I only know who is who by what pen they are in! Whatever you do don't show too much interest in that nest, they are smart and sneaky and a little too much interest could cause them to start laying somewhere else.