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I have a 3yr old Golden laced Wyandotte her name is Ruby.
Yesterday I found her in the nest box with a prolapse vent.
I brought her in and soaked her, used olive oil to reinsert, then I sprayed vetrycin on it and she was fine until right before bed time I went to reapply and check her and it was out again. So I reinsert it. This morning she has poop all over her butt, it seems to come back out when she poops. She is very calm and relaxed inside.
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What else can I do for her? We don't have a local vet that will see chickens. I want culling to be the last resort but I don't want her to be in pain. She is one of my favorites and one from our first set of chicks/chickens.
 
Keep her cleaned off, if needed soak her bottom, and keep doing what you have been doing. Do not let the prolapse tissue get dried out. There might be an egg come out eventually if one is on the way. A human calcium tablet or Tums may be good to help her pass an egg. Here is a good article to read:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic/
 
If you have honey use that on the prolapse, it will help with the swelling as well as keeping it moist. Put her in a dark room so her body will be discouraged from trying to lay for a while (this may take time) and give it a rest. Sometimes prolapses have to be put back over and over before they stay, sometimes you need to hold it in for a while before letting her go. My last prolapsed bird laid in the middle of the night (she was given calcium citrate +D, had a warm soak, and had honey applied) in her hospital crate and the prolapse stayed in after that.
 
My girl took about 4-5 times of putting it back in to stay. I kept her in isolation (she had other wounds too so she was in the house for a week). Kept her in a darker area, low energy for healing, etc. I just kept cleaning her up and using Vetrycin and at one point, popped her in a bucket of warm water with epsom salt to loosen up the poop and blood and get her cleaned up. The poop kept sticking to her feathers making it hard to keep the area clean so the bucket soak was easier than dabbing with a warm wash cloth. It took a few times but she's all good and it's been a couple weeks without repeat.
 
MandaRae said:
I have a 3yr old Golden laced Wyandotte her name is Ruby.
Yesterday I found her in the nest box with a prolapse vent.
I brought her in and soaked her, used olive oil to reinsert, then I sprayed vetrycin on it and she was fine until right before bed time I went to reapply and check her and it was out again. So I reinsert it. This morning she has poop all over her butt, it seems to come back out when she poops. She is very calm and relaxed inside.
😩
What else can I do for her? We don't have a local vet that will see chickens. I want culling to be the last resort but I don't want her to be in pain. She is one of my favorites and one from our first set of chicks/chickens.
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You can use hemroid cream it works very well
 
It seems to have gotten worse today. I've put it back 3 times today but she had poop all over her bottom. I am going to soak her again tomorrow.
I'm really discouraged.
 
coach723 said:
If you have honey use that on the prolapse, it will help with the swelling as well as keeping it moist. Put her in a dark room so her body will be discouraged from trying to lay for a while (this may take time) and give it a rest. Sometimes prolapses have to be put back over and over before they stay, sometimes you need to hold it in for a while before letting her go. My last prolapsed bird laid in the middle of the night (she was given calcium citrate +D, had a warm soak, and had honey applied) in her hospital crate and the prolapse stayed in after that.
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I will try the honey for sure. I will get some calcium citrate.

I have her in the basement in a cage right now. I keep it dark most of the time only a little of the daylight gets in the one window on the other side of the basement.
 

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