I have 3 chickens
In the Brooder
- Jun 19, 2020
- 40
- 60
- 46
so my hen pepper has been having a lot of problems lately, and I posted quite a lot. So sorry if I leave anything out it’s kind of hard to keep track of what happened when!
early last week I noticed that one of my chickens had some missing feathers on her bottom and it was a little swollen. I looked up what it could be and decided the most likely was vent glee. I found this site where I could ask questions and created an account. The next day I saw that she had a prolapsed vent I didn’t know what this was so I decided my best option was to give her a bath to see what was going on better. After the bath, her prolapse went in by itself and I thought that we could be done. Unfortunately over the next couple of days for Bentley got worse and prolapse came back. Yesterday it was really bad and bleeding a little bit I cleaned her off again and noticed that there were maggots near her prolapsed I asked what to do and picked as many out as I could I decided it wasn’t a good idea to put the prolapse in right then in case any maggots gone side of her. I separated her from the other chickens by wedging a piece of wood and some wire in between her and the rest the coop (not my best idea but we didn’t have anywhere else to put her) In the morning I saw thin the morning I saw that she had gotten Out but like lean on the other chicken pecked her. Her prolapse was looking a little better and I didn’t think there was any blood that was hard to tell because the disinfectant we put on was colored red. I started to give her another bath so I could put the prolapse back in when I realized that sound the flystrike spot (luckily no more maggot) was right on the edge of the prolapse.
does anyone know what I should do? Should I put the prolapse back in?
I also am supposed to go somewhere this weekend and I really need it to be cleared up by then.
early last week I noticed that one of my chickens had some missing feathers on her bottom and it was a little swollen. I looked up what it could be and decided the most likely was vent glee. I found this site where I could ask questions and created an account. The next day I saw that she had a prolapsed vent I didn’t know what this was so I decided my best option was to give her a bath to see what was going on better. After the bath, her prolapse went in by itself and I thought that we could be done. Unfortunately over the next couple of days for Bentley got worse and prolapse came back. Yesterday it was really bad and bleeding a little bit I cleaned her off again and noticed that there were maggots near her prolapsed I asked what to do and picked as many out as I could I decided it wasn’t a good idea to put the prolapse in right then in case any maggots gone side of her. I separated her from the other chickens by wedging a piece of wood and some wire in between her and the rest the coop (not my best idea but we didn’t have anywhere else to put her) In the morning I saw thin the morning I saw that she had gotten Out but like lean on the other chicken pecked her. Her prolapse was looking a little better and I didn’t think there was any blood that was hard to tell because the disinfectant we put on was colored red. I started to give her another bath so I could put the prolapse back in when I realized that sound the flystrike spot (luckily no more maggot) was right on the edge of the prolapse.
does anyone know what I should do? Should I put the prolapse back in?
I also am supposed to go somewhere this weekend and I really need it to be cleared up by then.
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