Prolapse question

[Trux]

She will be more and more susceptible to this now. If you choose to bring her to the vet, they could give her a stitch to keep it in...
I don't know. Many choose not to bring their chickens to the vet. Without a vet visit, you could just tuck it back in each time... It's not that big of a deal, it shouldn't be causing her pain (unless it constricts).

Well the thing is I can't keep watch over her that closely so tucking it in each time isn't an option.

 

[Perris]

you could let nature takes its course. We have a RIR who had the most awful looking prolapse, hated the recommended treatment, and managed to dodge our attempt to (as we saw it) 'put her out of her misery'. Son took that as a sign we should let her be. After weeks of pasty bum, which she attended to very carefully, she produced an egg without prolapsing again. Since then, she has laid erratically, now about every third day, and the eggs are back to large size. She is a young bird (first egg laid 25 March; she prolapsed 29 April; started laying again 20 May). So it need not be hopeless. Fortunately the other hens did not peck at it; but isolation would have solved that. My advice: give her a chance to heal.

 

[Trux]

you could let nature takes its course. We have a RIR who had the most awful looking prolapse, hated the recommended treatment, and managed to dodge our attempt to (as we saw it) 'put her out of her misery'. Son took that as a sign we should let her be. After weeks of pasty bum, which she attended to very carefully, she produced an egg without prolapsing again. Since then, she has laid erratically, now about every third day, and the eggs are back to large size. She is a young bird (first egg laid 25 March; she prolapsed 29 April; started laying again 20 May). So it need not be hopeless. Fortunately the other hens did not peck at it; but isolation would have solved that. My advice: give her a chance to heal.

Perris, you give me hope, Thank you

 

[Perris]

don't mention it; happy to help