Prolapsed and Egg-Bound, any hope?

[Sonny42408]

This afternoon when I was feeding the chickens, I noticed that 2 of my hens were acting strangely, with one very lethargic and the other had a Huge mass protruding from her vent. After Goggling the symptoms & reading various sites, I have come to the conclusion, that they may be Egg-Bound with the second hen suffering from a Prolapsed oviduct. Can anyone offer any advice on how to proceed from here with any competent therapies, or is euthanasia my only option?

 

[CapricornFarm]

I think I read something about using preparation H for prolapse but why not do a search on here , I am sure this topic has been addressed before. Anyone?

 

[Dudu]

Yes, here in Europe we have Anacal ointment for haemorrhoids and recently we cured one of our hens with it who had prolapsed. Do a search on "prolapse" here on the forum, you will find some amazing results. I followed what other people had done, the honey didn't help us though so we switched to Anacal (instead of the PrepH) twice a day (morning and before bed) plus bathed her before applying the ointment - I made lukewarm camomile bath for her (from the tea sachets) and held her bottom in it for at least 5-10 minutes. At first the mass was always sticking out and even hardened/dried up after the first day and then two, but on the third day after bathing the "crust" started to come off a little. I didn't tear off anything, just put more ointment and let her back into her crate (without trying to push the mass in again), but I saw it was shrinking every day. On day 4 or 5 it went in completely by itself right afther a bath and applying ointment.

I don't know anything yet about the other problem so I either do a search or wait for someone else to respond.

Good luck to your chickies.