Prolapse, egg-bound or something else?

[FloppyGirl]

Not sure what I am dealing with, but on Sunday I noticed my girl Ginger (hatched last spring) had a pretty pasty/mucousy vent. I brought her inside and gave her an Epsom salt bath. She seems to be walking ok, is not lethargic and is eating and drinking normally. I did give her an internal exam as she had a bit of a foul smell to her even after the bath and there is no egg inside her vent, however there did seem to be dried up bits of flesh/poop inside? I cleaned out as much as I could without causing injury pulling off something that wasn't ready to come off.

I had dealt with two prolapses last year (one girl fully recovered, the other had recurring issues for a few months before passing away). Both girls had the egg protruding from their vents stuck inside the membranes. This is not what I am seeing here so am stumped if egg has passed or not? I have collected a couple of eggs with some blood on them prior to this but I also have a lot of new layers so wasn't overly alarmed. However today, Ginger did strain once in a while pushing her entire insides out, but they retreat without issue. She is pooping solids, urates included. I have given her a crushed calcium citrate tablet yesterday and today.

My girls are on a good layer feed, always have access to fresh water as well as calcium/grit. However, they did go through a few days of being stressed with young cockerels trying to mate them, but this was mostly at sunrise/bedtime. I was there to interfere until I was able to arrange for someone to take them away.

Any suggestions on what else I can try?

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

Pictures of her vent would be helpful. A messy, smelly vent sounds like it might be vent gleet?

 

[FloppyGirl]

 

[FloppyGirl]

I think on Sunday it was more slimey looking, then today it looks like it's mostly urates? Definitely not as stinky. She's holding her tail up so doesn't seem to be in too much discomfort?

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

That does just look like some urates stuck to her feathers... Since she doesn't seem to be in any sort of distress I would just monitor her for awhile. Could have been stress or something she ate that caused the messy poops. I might give her apple cider vinegar water for a few days to a week and see if that helps.