Prolapsed Egg?

[Blarneyeggs]

Our 7 month old LCO seems to be suffering from a pro-lapsed egg. I thought the roosters were being overzealous, but after closer examination, I could see what looked like an egg hanging out of the back of her still enclosed in red membrane? (Not sure what to call it) But it was obvious to me that the egg was not able to exit her body and her insides were hanging out along with the egg covered in poo. I hopped on BYC and came up with this:

1) Warm Bath
2) Slather Egg with Honey
3) Reinsert Egg

And this all worked.... for about 30 seconds. Then her insides and the egg came back out. I put her in a seperate crate on the porch and this morning, she looked exactly the same as last night. Today, I started the process all over again, this time she passed the egg. I slathered her back end with Honey, but her insides are not going back in. Other than this, she looks quite healthy. Comb is bright red, weight seems good, she is drinking and eating a little. Do I need to cull her?

Some other details:

1) We have been having a fox terrorizing us during the day, so the chooks who are used to free ranging have been locked in the run for more than a week. DH accidentally let them out this week and a hen was gone that night when I got home, so this fox is relentlessly waiting.

2) It is VERY hot. The coop is shaded.

3) This Chook belongs to my 8 yr old daughter who came home from her first week ever away at camp to find out we are going to cull her chicken.

 

[chickschool]

Oh you poor thing. That sounds awful. I wish I had some words or wisdom on what to do about the chicken but I don't. As far as the fox goes...get a nice big dog! Our dogs are wonderful. There isn't a creature in sight that will come anywhere near our yard because if they do...that's the end of them. Skunks, porcupines, fox, coyotes, hawks etc. They don't bother the chickens one bit and are great protectors.

Good luck.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I want to update in case others are having this problem.

We still do NOT KNOW if we should cull her and would welcome advice.

What I've read is that the real problem here is other chickens pecking at her protrusion and eventually ripping her intestines out. We are keeping her separate, cleaning the area, and as of today, have switched to slathering her with Preparation H instead of the honey. (I've also read that sugar works, but haven't tried that). She has not passed another egg since the first one. She thrashed around quite a bit in her bath just now which I am taking as a good sign. Although her innards are hanging out just as much as before which doesn't give me much hope. C'mon Preparation H! Work your charm!!

We clean her, and the unbelievable build up of feces by soaking her for 20 minutes in a warm tub of sudsy water. I can't believe what a time suck this has become and have been late to more than one appointment in the last few days because of it. I've yet to work up the nerve to say, "Sorry I'm late, I was bathing my chicken".

ETA: Chickschool: I forgot to say, Thank you for your advice, I have been heavily researching LGDs! and I LOVE your Avatar.