Our hen has a prolapsed vent that won't stay in!

[Nood Noodle]

We've tried pushing it back in her butt repeatedly but it just won't stay in. We soaked her for a bit and wiped off the poop. We plan on keeping her inside tonight away from the rest of the flock and maggots and trying again tomorrow. We think this occurred three days ago and we somehow didn't notice.

At first, my mom noticed a very poopy bum but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary until now. She's acting good behavior wise, but I think an egg has broken inside of her. It smells awful. We have dealt with sick chickens before, but nothing like this. Will she be okay and how do we keep it in?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

Do you have photos of the prolapse?

Are there maggots on the exposed tissue?

A bad smell, sounds like there's infection.

Wash off the prolapse very well, if you have an antiseptic wash like Chlorhexidine or Betadine that would be good to use.

Exposed tissue needs to be kept moist with ointment or oil, so it doesn't dry out and become necrotic.

If the tissue is really swollen, sometimes it will not go back in immediately, it takes time for swelling to go down, so this is why you'll want to keep the tissue covered with your ointment/oil, keeping it cleaned when she poops.

Get some Calcium into her. If you have Calcium Citrate with D3 that would be best, give her 1 tablet daily. If you don't have that, then you can give her 1 TUMS daily.
Calcium helps with contractions and retention.

See that she's staying hydrated. Offer her some of her normal feed or you can give wet feed.

 

[Nood Noodle]

Welcome To BYC

Do you have photos of the prolapse?

Are there maggots on the exposed tissue?

A bad smell, sounds like there's infection.

Wash off the prolapse very well, if you have an antiseptic wash like Chlorhexidine or Betadine that would be good to use.

Exposed tissue needs to be kept moist with ointment or oil, so it doesn't dry out and become necrotic.

If the tissue is really swollen, sometimes it will not go back in immediately, it takes time for swelling to go down, so this is why you'll want to keep the tissue covered with your ointment/oil, keeping it cleaned when she poops.

Get some Calcium into her. If you have Calcium Citrate with D3 that would be best, give her 1 tablet daily. If you don't have that, then you can give her 1 TUMS daily.
Calcium helps with contractions and retention.

See that she's staying hydrated. Offer her some of her normal feed or you can give wet feed.

Thanks! She is doing much better now and is able to roam with the other hens.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad she's better!