Prolapse in chicken

[Betsy166]

I have bathed and sprayed her with Vetericyn and are keeping her seperate in a crate in a dark area to reduce egg production. Feeding only corn and water. I have been able to push it back in twice successfully and looks good for a short period. But it keeps coming back out? What should I do?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post photos of what the prolapsed tissue looks like?

Keep the tissue cleaned and moist with an ointment, oil or honey, you don't want the tissue to dry out.

Get some Calcium Citrate with D3 at Walmart or CVS and give her 1 tablet daily. Calcium is essential in helping with retention.

Keeping her in a dark area is not going to stop her from laying eggs unless it's total darkness for 16 hours each day.

Not sure why you want to feed only corn and water, is she in prison or being punished? Give her her normal feed, she can have some egg or a little somethin' as a treat.

Tissue is not going to stay in unless it's starting to stop swelling. Daily soaking in a warm epsom salts bath may help with this as well, but you only soak if the hen is alert. Dry her well, then reapply your ointment or oil.


Edit to add, I do see where you had 2 other threads with minimal help. If you can get photos of what the tissue looks like today that would be good.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ith-my-chickens-behibd.1568895/#post-26644822

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/something-is-wrong-with-my-chickens-behibd.1568895/

 

[Betsy166]

Can you post photos of what the prolapsed tissue looks like?

Keep the tissue cleaned and moist with an ointment, oil or honey, you don't want the tissue to dry out.

Get some Calcium Citrate with D3 at Walmart or CVS and give her 1 tablet daily. Calcium is essential in helping with retention.

Keeping her in a dark area is not going to stop her from laying eggs unless it's total darkness for 16 hours each day.

Not sure why you want to feed only corn and water, is she in prison or being punished? Give her her normal feed, she can have some egg or a little somethin' as a treat.

Tissue is not going to stay in unless it's starting to stop swelling. Daily soaking in a warm epsom salts bath may help with this as well, but you only soak if the hen is alert. Dry her well, then reapply your ointment or oil.


Edit to add, I do see where you had 2 other threads with minimal help. If you can get photos of what the tissue looks like today that would be good.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ith-my-chickens-behibd.1568895/#post-26644822

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/something-is-wrong-with-my-chickens-behibd.1568895/

 

[Betsy166]

Thanks for your suggestions.
See photo below. I will try calcium. I read that preparation H might work to reduce swelling. What do you think?

I got the info about feeding corn only here.

What do you feed a chicken with a prolapse?

To encourage your hen to stop laying, and give the vent time to recover, remove all pellets and crumble, feeding a mixed corn diet only.

British Hen Welfare Trust
https://www.bhwt.org.uk › hen-health › health-problems

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Give her her normal feed, she can have some egg or a little somethin' as a treat.

What do you feed a chicken with a prolapse?

To encourage your hen to stop laying, and give the vent time to recover, remove all pellets and crumble, feeding a mixed corn diet only.

I don't know anything about that site.

If you are in the UK and your hen is an Ex Batt, seeking vet care may be your best bet.

I'd feed her her normal feed, you can reduce the amount she eats, but most of the time they limit intake when not feeling all that well.

An anti-inflammatory cream would be better than Prep H. Coconut oil, triple antibiotic, honey or a sugar pack can also be use. You want tissue moist at all times, if not it will dry and turn necrotic.

Hens do not instantly stop laying eggs, it can take a couple of weeks or more and she needs to be in total darkness for 16 hours each day.

 

[Ridgeback825]

I have bathed and sprayed her with Vetericyn and are keeping her seperate in a crate in a dark area to reduce egg production. Feeding only corn and water. I have been able to push it back in twice successfully and looks good for a short period. But it keeps coming back out? What should I do?

We had a hen that prolapsed on her first egg. It took 8 days to get her to keep things back inside. 2 soaks a day and cleaning constantly, we were trying different and more extreme treatments because nothing seemed to be working. The best thing is to get the swelling down. The best thing we found to do this was raw honey. It was really awesome and the only thing that made a difference. I also was trying to figure out a way to prevent her from pushing, as she would bare down as soon as we got everything back inside. I would gently put things back inside and hold it there for a minute. Then I would rub an ice cube around her vent. I would apply the ice cube for a few seconds then give her a 30 second rest and repeat. This would obviously cause a pucker effect and was the best way to have her pucker instead of push. The honey did a great job of reducing swelling and preventing infection. This is not a 1 and done fix and I offer all the encouragement I can to keep trying. She went on to be completely normal and laying with no issues! Don't give up on her and keep trying!

 

[CoriM]

I have successfully used a giant bandaid to keep a prolapse in. I had to trim feathers around the area and the band-aid wasn't sealed on the short sides, so poop could kind of shoot out. I had to change it several times a day, but it was worth it. Unfortunately for me, my duck prolapsed again a few months later when laying an egg and I wasn't able to make it work. Hopefully you can!

 

[Ridgeback825]

I would also encourage you to keep feeding full nutrition. She needs micro and macro nutrients, which are in normal chicken feeds that straight corn doesn't offer. Iron is important! Her body should pause egg production and light is the biggest controller of that. You don't want her body robbing nutrients from her muscles and bones to finish what eggs have started to develop.

 

[CoriM]

Also, I left the ends of the bandage attached to the ducks and would just cut off the soiled part and put another one on top....so I wasn't always ripping it off her, which would have been painful.