Prolapsed vent or strange egg?

[clairabelle75]

This afternoon I noticed one of my 19 week old Welsummer pullets had something red hanging out of her vent. I immediately brought her into my laundry room to keep her away from the other chickens. After searching BYC I haven't found anything that looks exactly like what is protruding from her vent. Do you think it is a prolapse or a weird egg? Since taking the photos I did an Epsom salt bath and what looked like a blood clot fell off. I have coated it with antibiotic cream (no "caine's"), honey and coconut oil with lavender oil, to cover all of the bases. She is acting normally and enjoyed her bath. Thanks for helping!

 

[Eggcessive]

That does look like a prolapse.Is the extra part still hanging down? I’m not sure what that is. Give a human calcium citrate tablet with d3 to help the prolapse go back inside. Keep the prolapse moist with honey, vaseline, or hydrocortisone cream and don’t let it dry out. Keep it clean with soaks daily until it goes back in. Do you think the other pullets were pecking at her prolapse?

 

[clairabelle75]

Thank you! The part hanging down is very firm, red close to ther vent and paler at the end. The clot fell off after the bath. I did give calcium but it doesn't have d3 in it, I will give that separately when I check on her shortly. Thank you!

 

[Eggcessive]

I will tag to see if @Wyorp Rock has any ideas what the object is. Does it seem to be coming from the main opening of the cloaca or beside that? Hopefully, it is not the large intestines.

 

[clairabelle75]

There's a dark mass beside the longer fleshy part now. I think these photos show it more clearly.

 

[clairabelle75]

It is coming from the main opening.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would try to get her to relax in a quiet bathroom with some humidity on a clean towel. Offer fluids and food, but keep her calm. I’m not sure what is happening. There might be an egg inside the prolapse.

 

[clairabelle75]

Thank you, she seems fairly calm, it's quiet in there and I've turned out ther light so it's dark and she'll rest. I'll give her fluid and food in the morning, another Epsom salt bath. There was a soft shelled egg near her in the coop which I think was hers, that may have been her 1st egg, although it wasn't as tiny as they normally are, I've only had 2 other pullet eggs so far from the 4 pullers.

 

[Eggcessive]

Just in case, here is a video of a hen with a prolapse and an egg which finally was successfully extracted:

 

[clairabelle75]

Wow! That was a delicate operation. I'll see how she is tomorrow, I'm still researching to see if I can find something that looks similar. The most similar thing so far does seem to beer intestines, but this would be the end of the intestines somehow...