Prolapse and dead tissue

[janiedoe]

this gives me hope. 24 hours since I found it right after she laid a perfect egg. these photos are from this morning. I have read to take food away...did you do this? She has water with nutradrench. I did put a small amount of oyster shell with her layer feed. She is in a dark place.

Good luck with your hen!
I'm glad she is doing better. Definitely keep feeding and watering her. Be sure and provide fresh clean water along with the nutridrench. Also provide her with a side dish of calcium.
Keep us updated. It is always (as you're discovering) uplifting to find threads with positive outcomes!

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

I know, poor thing! She may lay a few more in the mean time, her ovaries are full of maturing egg yolks. I'm glad she got it out OK. The scab will probably grow, but hopefully she heals up quick!

edited to add: Remember when chickens lay they naturally prolapse in the process of laying, which (usually just briefly) exposes the tissue, I guess think of it like a sock that gets turned inside out and then turns itself the right way back in. When something goes wrong and it doesn't go right back in- whether it was a big egg that maybe caused a little tear - or she left the box with a small prolapse and someone then pecked at the prolapse (or both!)- the location of the damage can be farther inside and hard to see because it's in the 'crumple zone' of the tissue trying to re-invert itself. So- the scabbing may become more extensive as days go by as she works to repair the damage. With any luck though it's a small one!

I think she did just as you said, left the nest and got picked on. It was just a small window of time. Thank goodness it was sunny and I wanted to hangout with them on the warm day after work. That's when I noticed. I know she laid and egg because there were the exact number of eggs as I have chickens.

 

[Shezadandy]

I think she did just as you said, left the nest and got picked on. It was just a small window of time. Thank goodness it was sunny and I wanted to hangout with them on the warm day after work. That's when I noticed. I know she laid and egg because there were the exact number of eggs as I have chickens.

Yep, the earlier you catch it the better the outcome for sure!

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Good luck with your hen!
I'm glad she is doing better. Definitely keep feeding and watering her. Be sure and provide fresh clean water along with the nutridrench. Also provide her with a side dish of calcium.
Keep us updated. It is always (as you're discovering) uplifting to find threads with positive outcomes!

This thread was very educating for me. I was ready to have my neighbor cull her the night after I found her. He didn't answer the door so I knew it was a sign that indeed could do it. Oh, and lucky I ordered a first aid kit and added other poultry meds to it. Also I want to mention this article has stuck with me:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...xtra-minutes-with-your-flock-every-day.72264/
It was my sitting with them after work when I discovered her. I had a hard time this winter getting each day in other than regular chores.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Exactly a week when I discovered her prolapse. Cleaning her bum every day the tissue is still out but I worry about the white liquid coming from her. It gets crusted up. She has laid three regular looking eggs. Liquid calcium will be her tomorrow. I'm worried that the leaking white stuff may be an issue.

 

[janiedoe]

Exactly a week when I discovered her prolapse. Cleaning her bum every day the tissue is still out but I worry about the white liquid coming from her. It gets crusted up. She has laid three regular looking eggs. Liquid calcium will be her tomorrow. I'm worried that the leaking white stuff may be an issue.

Does it have an odor? Might be vent gleet.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Does it have an odor? Might be vent gleet.

Oh my Gosh it's bad. I just read about vent gleet. Probiotics will help?

 

[Chicken poppy]

So sorry to hear about your girl

 

[janiedoe]

Oh my Gosh it's bad. I just read about vent gleet. Probiotics will help?

Yes. You can treat it with an over the counter anti-yeast cream, such as monistat.
Apply about a teaspoon size amount around the vent every day for a week. I'd try to catch her up before she gets off the roost, or in the evening after she roosts. You want to stress her as little as possible.
I'd certainly give her probiotics in her water. In fact, I'd give the entire flock a little unsweetened, plain Greek yogurt every day for a week. Be sure and keep fresh, plain water available too.
Good luck, and keep us updated.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Yes. You can treat it with an over the counter anti-yeast cream, such as monistat.
Apply about a teaspoon size amount around the vent every day for a week. I'd try to catch her up before she gets off the roost, or in the evening after she roosts. You want to stress her as little as possible.
I'd certainly give her probiotics in her water. In fact, I'd give the entire flock a little unsweetened, plain Greek yogurt every day for a week. Be sure and keep fresh, plain water available too.
Good luck, and keep us updated.

You're one step ahead of me. I just visited the rest of the flock and noticed the smell out there. Probiotics for all is what I just thought.