Prolapse & Egg Bound Info

[3littlechickies]

Hi!

My chicks are only around two weeks old but I just want to be prepared. I was wondering how common prolapse and an egg bound chicken is? Is there a certain age that is most common for prolapse? I read some where that if a chicken is prolapse to rub K Y jelly and hemorrhoid creme on it. Have any of you used those on a prolapse chicken and it work? If a chicken is egg bound what do I do? Thank you!

 

[Judy]

I've had chickens off and on all my life, which is a loooong time, and I have never seen either conditon. it's easy enough to do a general search if it comes up in your flock. You will find many threads on either subject. There are also links to threads on these subjects in the stickies in emergencies, and in the FAQ forum, and you will find information in the articles in the Learning center..

 

[Eggcessive]

I have had 30-50 laying hens for the last few years, and I haven't had 1 yet (egg bound or prolapsed vent.) I think it tends to happen more with production hens like golden comets and production reds, which are not Rhode Island Reds, but are mixed breed chickens that lay over 300 eggs per year. Many typically die of internal laying problems, or quit laying altogether after two years. The heritage and dual purpose breed hens usually don't get those problems as often since they aren't meant to lay an egg every day. They lay fewer eggs, but they lay over more years.

 

[3littlechickies]

Thank you flockwatcher and eggcessive !

That makes me feel better knowing it isn't so common!

 

[casportpony]

I hate to be the buzz kill, but I have been having tons of egg issues this year... lots of egg binding that were fixed with calcium, a few prolapses, several internal layers, a few oviduct cancers and a couple of that were egg bound that I didn't catch in time. Total necropsied is about 12.

Never had theses issues before and I haven't added any new birds, so it must be age or feed related.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Thank you flockwatcher and eggcessive !

That makes me feel better knowing it isn't so common!

FYI, necropsies are free for us at four of the four UC Davis Labs... We even get to use their FedEx account number to save on shipping.
http://www.cahfs.ucdavis.edu/

-Kathy

 

[3littlechickies]

casportpony, I'm sorry about your chickens! What breeds of chickens were they?

 

[casportpony]

casportpony, I'm sorry about your chickens! What breeds of chickens were they?

Thanks... With the exception of the mutts, no two were the same - Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, Ameraucana, Leghorn, Cornish, Game, Mutt. Most of them were fine until they were 3-5 years old, then one-by-one they started dying. I've had necropsies done on several and there were no underlying diseases, so who knows... One breed that I would recommend is the Light Brahma, but that's only because they've been the hardiest, it seems, but it's not like I have enough of them to really know, just a few, and one is about 10 years old.

-Kathy