Prolapsed port (Warning; Gross Photos)

[beast OA]

Hi All,
I have a RIR hen, about a year old, that has presented with a prolapsed port (best I can tell). I have attached a few pics below so you can see what I'm seeing. She was passing an egg when I discovered the condition and it is out now but the port has not withdrawn.It's been this way for a little over 24 hours now. There is a hard substance on the exposed port that will not wash off and there are small amounts of blood around the problem area. She doesn't appear to be in pain (no noise) but she keeps attempting to pull the port back in: it moves in and out, though not all the way. There is no egg in the line as I can tell, at least not in danger of coming out any time soon.

I've read a lot of the posts about this condition so I have separated her from the flock, cleaned her off with a warm bath, trimmed some of the feathers around the area to clean it off better, fed her calcium and kept her in the dark to halt egg production (??).

Do I need to push the port back in? Is there a medicine that fixes this?

I'm at a loss and don't want her to suffer but not quite ready to harvest her yet. To me that's a last resort.

Suggestions? Advice? I'm sitting at my desk awaiting some sage advice.

Mike

 

[realsis]

you can use some preperationH for hemoriods cream and put on the prolapse place it back inside and hold it in place for about 15 minutes. see if this will work. if not you can go to the vet and get a purse suture in place but I would try the cream first. if it pops back out try again and hold in place a little longer. some people use honey to help it stay in place. I hope this helps and good luck.

 

[beast OA]

On my way to the store for some hemorrhoid cream!
When you say hold it in place...Do you mean keep my finger in there that long? I'm not squeamish, just trying to be clear.

 

[realsis]

no no don't keep your finger in there please just keep gentle pressure from the outside of the body once you get it back inside. I Hope this helps. place the prolapse back inside then from the outside of her body gently hold the tissue in place.I hope this clears it up. doing it inside her body can make it worse and you don't want that! just hold gently from the outside of the body. to keep it from popping back out.

 

[realsis]

please update how she is doing and did the prolapse stay put? I hope its going well and hope its staying put. please keep us posted

 

[beast OA]

I applied the prep H and pushed the port back in. It stayed for a while then, upon the next bowel movement, it came back out...though not as far. I've repeated pushing it back in twice now and it's stayed in further each time. I stuck the area back together with honey to add in keeping it closed and we'll just have to wait and see how she does over the next day or so.
Thank for your advice and letting me know that I'm not alone in this.

 

[realsis]

I really hope she does well! I'm praying it stays put! I wish you the very best! God bless.

 

[Haunted55]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/vent-gleet-aka-nasty-chicken-butt

My advice, change brands of feed if you can, get a good probiotic into her, I use a human one called Floragen3 that I get from my pharmacist. I would also add 1 250mg vitamin C tablet to 1 gallon of water rather than the ACV. You can try the yogurt, but I found it just didn't work fast enough and the longer this goes on, the more chances this will become a chronic condition. You will need to give your bird some nice warm baths and let her soak to get the crusts soft enough to get off of her. If you've ever had a yeast infection, you know how awful that can feel and that's what this is. Keep her as clean as you can and if you find that the prep. H isn't working, switch to a vitamin E capsule 400iu, break it open and slather her vent with the oil, inside a bit and the outside. [ Look at the ingredients of the Prep. H] If you have some nystatin ointment, you could try using that, but for the overall it needs to be cured from the inside out.