Prolapse ?? Hen?? Help bleeding everywhere

[azygous]

If you will read the article linked to in post #6, I explain how to treat prolapse. It's normal for the prolapse to keep coming out as long as there is still an obstruction pushing it out.

 

[esme13]

Thank you , I will try all the above options ! She is right now inside the house, in a dog create. Hoping for the best. Tomorrow I will go out and get the rest of the items listed on the website given by azygous. We had to separate her immediately. Thankfully the family saw it when it had happened because the Easter egger was chasing her and pecking the area.

 

[esme13]

I would sepearte her inside a dog crate. First though, get her cleaned up, and a soak in warm soapy water will help. Epsom salts can also be used instead. Another picture later might be helpful. Put some honey or mild oil on the prolapse tissue as long as it remains outside. Honey or sugar and a couple of drops of water can help shrink the tissue. Just don’t let the prolapse dry out. If her insides come out, which can happen in a severe prolapse that has been pecked, then you could think about euthanizing her. Unfortunately prolapses and vent pecking can damage the vent later on. Prolapses can occur from a lack of calcium, laying too large or soft shell eggs, being overweight, and dehydration. It can take days for a prolapse to stay in, but I would keep trying to push it in and hold it for a few minutes while holding her in your lap on a towel.

I’m hoping for the best. She is a Brahma , larger breed hen. Incredibly sweet! When you say it can take days for a prolapse to stay, does that mean she could keep squeezing it out every time I try? I left her to be, after she was straining so hard when I tried to hold it in. I will try again tomorrow and wash her in the morning. She did not like the bath, hoping tomorrow is better. Never fun being splashed into your face with dirty water.

 

[Eggcessive]

It really can take days for a prolapse to stay in, especially when the vent is damaged. Treating a prolapse can take a lot of care, so it depends on how much time that you have to care for her. I really hope that she does well. @azygous has much experience and here is another link to read about prolapsed vents:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic/

 

[esme13]

Thank you both very much. What causes this? I’m still trying to understand it, because I did not feel any egg and she’s been dripping fluid. Other than that very sweet and very watchful. I felt so bad too. Because I had taken her out of the coop and low and behold a large hawk flew right in front of the tree in clear view of her. It must have smelled her.

 

[azygous]

If she's still prolapsed and dripping fluid, she very likely still has an egg inside her, or the collapsed remains of the egg.

If you read my article, you would know that part of the treatment involves a calcium tablet to encourage strong contractions to get the obstruction to move on out of her. Once the obstruction clears, the prolapse will then retract and remain in.

Your hen is losing a lot of fluids because of the obstruction inside her oviduct. This is blocking the cecum and causing all the excess fluids in her body to be expelled rather than distributed as the cecum normally does. This means she is getting dehydrated. Have you provided her plenty of water to drink? If she gets dehydrated, she will have a much more difficult time of it to clear the obstruction.

That is why this is happening.

 

[esme13]

She is not eating or drinking. Just laying downstairs in the crate. I almost would never know she was there. I’m going to bath her. How do I get calcium into her ? I don’t want to force it, I have it crumbled for her. I’m thinking after I clean her and dry her to let her out on the grass. Would that be an okay thing to do? Or best not to? She is part of my new batch of girls that I got last year and they just started laying last month all of them. I have older girls 6-7 years old. But after reading the article I guess it can also happen when they get old , so this will help me be better prepared. This Brahma girl just turned 1 year old this month. Of course she is the sweetest!

 

[esme13]

I am washing her and this gunk is hanging out. Do I leave it? I’m rinsing around it and she doesn’t like that.

 

[JCinNM]

If you will read the article linked to in post #6, I explain how to treat prolapse. It's normal for the prolapse to keep coming out as long as there is still an obstruction pushing it out

 

[esme13]

Update. I tried doing everything I could from the article posted. Yesterday I let her spend some time in the sun. Today she joins the sky. She passed away this morning. She left a lot of black liquid fluids, look like a cecal. Going to bury Lily today.