Prolapse question

[gerberagirl]

We have a hen who is a year old and lays large eggs for her body size. She laid an egg on Tuesday, and soon after my daughter found her with a prolapse. She went to push it back in but the hen got it in herself. She sprayed her with Vetercyin and we gave her calcium citrate which was recommended in a post I found. We put a thick towel over the cage to keep it dark, but she still ended up laying again Wednesday afternoon despite being in the darkened cage.
Since she laid yesterday with no problems, could we let her out of the cage? And should we stop the calcium supplement?

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Hello, I would keep her on the calcium for a few more days just to be safe. Are you providing crushed oyster shells? What feed are they on?

 

[gerberagirl]

Hello, I would keep her on the calcium for a few more days just to be safe. Are you providing crushed oyster shells? What feed are they on?

Our flock is on an all purpose feed since we have roosters, and we have crushed oyster shells available for the hens in 2 different parts of the run since we have 24 hens.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Our flock is on an all purpose feed since we have roosters, and we have crushed oyster shells available for the hens in 2 different parts of the run since we have 24 hens.

Gotcha. My hen got a prolapse right after I switched the layer feed to all-flock because she was refusing to eat the supplemental crushed oyster shells on the side. I guess you have a few options here, separate the roosters and hens from each other and feed them their designated feeds, or keep them together and give them layer feed. Because some hens might not eat the oyster shell supplement that they need and they won't end up getting the calcium.