Prolapse

[servant_of_fluffs]

Soooo I'm posting again. One of my 8 month old hens, Jinu, got a prolapse. She lives with one rooster and 14 other hens. She's fed 16% layer feed. I supplement more protein with meat scraps and offer oyster shells.

I found it last night at 11 PM and brought her inside to clean it. Her behaviour is perfectly normal and after I brought her inside and dried her she was very chipper. Obviously I separated her from the other hens so they didn't murder her and out her in my garage where there isn't too much light. However it did not go back in last night or this morning. There was also some clear egg-whitey fluid leaking out when I cleaned it. I gently palpated it with olive oil yesterday and I think maybe it helped it go in a little a little. I'm wondering if maybe she broke an egg inside of her somehow. I really hope not but I don't know what else it could be. If it is an egg that broke inside of her what can I do? If she's suffering I'll obviously help her go to sleep, but with how young and healthy she was previously I would prefer to not.

I'll try again today to get it to go back in. She pooped normally this morning and didn't show any distress except for being angry she was contained lol. What could have caused this? Don't think it was lack of protein or calcium. Maybe stress? But she isn't low on the pecking order at all.

 

[Eggcessive]

It is usually helpful to give a dose of calcium citrate with vitamin d 300-600 mg or a Tums orally to help muscle contraction during a prolapse. That can help the prolapse to go back and stay inside or help if she is having trouble passing a stuck egg. She could have had a broken soft shell egg, since she was passing albumen like material. Walmart sell Equate calcium citrate with d for around $6.