CheepCheepChook
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- Mar 16, 2022
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Hello everyone, I've been a long time lurker and am relatively new to backyard chickens. I've had my flock for a year and a half (8 birds, with 9 chicks I am integrating in next week if things go well).
I have a Green Queen who seems to have a prolapsed vent with a necrotic mass. My bird's mostly freerange so I didn't notice she was acting strange until a few days ago. She seemed lethargic, walking a bit funny, and clearly uncomfortable. She's a very skittish hen and I only managed to catch her yesterday. When I did, the smell was immediate. Her entire backside was covered in poop and I noticed a mass hanging from her backend. I made a warm epsom salt bath for her and she didn't struggle at all as I examined her.
I cleaned her up and really got a good luck at the mass. I truly can't tell if it's a prolapse or not since it seems to be thinned out closer to her body. The mass itself is clearly necrotic and bleeding - covered in a pale yellowish/whitish scale that doesn't come off when I bathe/soak her. (She's had 3 baths over the last few days and only the poop comes off, nothing from the mass although a stringy, bloody mucus has come from it) The tissue hanging from her is about the size of a golf ball.
I separated her from the rest of the flock. She has access to fresh water and I've been feeding her hard boiled eggs with the shell crushed - which she ate with gusto. She seems fine in terms of her temperament. Clearly uncomfortable and still lethargic, but otherwise active and alert. I cleaned her rear as best as I could then covered in Blue-Kote (it was the only antiseptic I had on hand). Hoping to grab some Vetricyn today. I have no avian vet anywhere nearby and am at a complete loss as to what to do. I am truly concerned that I will need to put her down. She's a lovely girl and I'd like to do whatever I am able to help her.
Thank you for your time and for reading. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I have a Green Queen who seems to have a prolapsed vent with a necrotic mass. My bird's mostly freerange so I didn't notice she was acting strange until a few days ago. She seemed lethargic, walking a bit funny, and clearly uncomfortable. She's a very skittish hen and I only managed to catch her yesterday. When I did, the smell was immediate. Her entire backside was covered in poop and I noticed a mass hanging from her backend. I made a warm epsom salt bath for her and she didn't struggle at all as I examined her.
I cleaned her up and really got a good luck at the mass. I truly can't tell if it's a prolapse or not since it seems to be thinned out closer to her body. The mass itself is clearly necrotic and bleeding - covered in a pale yellowish/whitish scale that doesn't come off when I bathe/soak her. (She's had 3 baths over the last few days and only the poop comes off, nothing from the mass although a stringy, bloody mucus has come from it) The tissue hanging from her is about the size of a golf ball.
I separated her from the rest of the flock. She has access to fresh water and I've been feeding her hard boiled eggs with the shell crushed - which she ate with gusto. She seems fine in terms of her temperament. Clearly uncomfortable and still lethargic, but otherwise active and alert. I cleaned her rear as best as I could then covered in Blue-Kote (it was the only antiseptic I had on hand). Hoping to grab some Vetricyn today. I have no avian vet anywhere nearby and am at a complete loss as to what to do. I am truly concerned that I will need to put her down. She's a lovely girl and I'd like to do whatever I am able to help her.
Thank you for your time and for reading. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
