Prolapsed vent

[HeatherLan]

When I was looking at one of my hens that has been missing quite a bit of feathers (although they are starting to grow back, thank goodness) I noticed she all of a sudden had a prolapsed vent. I got very worried and started feeling around to see if she was egg bound. She did not feel egg bound and seconds later pushed out a firmer poop. She then pulsed a few times and then everything went back into her vent.

Is this normal? I have attached a picture of when she was prolapsed. Please note again it went back inside and looked completely normal afterwards.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would check her again and again for the next few days, to make sure the prolapse does not recur. A dose of calcium 600 mg plus vitamin D 3 can be helpful if she straining to pass an egg or obstruction. Is she constipated at all?

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

I have only seen a minor prolapse on one of my hens, and I was tipped off by a bloody egg. I brought her in to rest for a few days in a warm, dark, quiet place, to support her body resting and not laying eggs.

I haven't seen any more blood, or prolapse whenever I check, so hopefully she just needed a break. Now someone is also laying noticably smaller, pointy eggs, like first eggs sometimes are, and I wonder if it's the same bird...

Anywho, nope. Not normal. I'm sure you're glad it went back in, but you will definitely want to keep a close eye on her, and consider giving her some rest away from her flockmates even. Hopefully it gets better on its own, but it could also get worse.

 

[HeatherLan]

I would check her again and again for the next few days, to make sure the prolapse does not recur. A dose of calcium 600 mg plus vitamin D 3 can be helpful if she straining to pass an egg or obstruction. Is she constipated at all?

I definitely will be checking her and thank you I will pick those up and give them to her. I am not sure how to tell if she is constipated. Although the poop she passed in front of me was on the firmer side she passed it in two pushes.