My pullet Vanilla started laying recently(I have two of her eggs under a broody right now) For the last couple of days I noticed she was acting a little odd, she was roosting, but doing a kind of 'egg squat' at the same time, she's always a bit of an odd little chicken, so I thought nothing of it.
Anyway, it's been raining for the past couple of hours, and I went to check over everyone, only to see Vanilla sitting beside the little stream that our ducks swim in in, which is strange because she ALWAYS goes into the coop. I picked her up (another red flag, because she's normally very alert and would run off) I put her in the coop where she usually roosts, beside her little buddy pullet Rock. I candled the eggs that my evil broody 'Darling' was sitting on, anyway I finally realized something was off and brought my little pullet inside. I put a glove on and put my finger up her vent (the poor little girl didn't even react) to check for egg binding, I couldn't feel any hard egg.
Now, she is just sitting on my lap, her comb going dark, her head drooping. Her vent has some greenish buildup, which led me to suspect pernotitis or a possible prolapse, however I have never dealt with either of these before. A little while ago we had a VERY old hen (12-14 years and still laying) get sick, she became unable to walk and had the same greenish buildup, with the same rotting smell as Vanilla has.
I really don't want to lose her. We took her in after a friend of my sister's other pullets were bullying her, my sister's friend's dad was jut going to chop her head off to end the problem.
Other info-
-She is a Hy-Line laying chicken, purchased as a chick from a pet shop
-No sigh of external parisites
-She is around 6 months old and we've had her for three.
-We can maybe get her to the vet in the morning, if she lives that long.
Please help, anything is appreciated.
Anyway, it's been raining for the past couple of hours, and I went to check over everyone, only to see Vanilla sitting beside the little stream that our ducks swim in in, which is strange because she ALWAYS goes into the coop. I picked her up (another red flag, because she's normally very alert and would run off) I put her in the coop where she usually roosts, beside her little buddy pullet Rock. I candled the eggs that my evil broody 'Darling' was sitting on, anyway I finally realized something was off and brought my little pullet inside. I put a glove on and put my finger up her vent (the poor little girl didn't even react) to check for egg binding, I couldn't feel any hard egg.
Now, she is just sitting on my lap, her comb going dark, her head drooping. Her vent has some greenish buildup, which led me to suspect pernotitis or a possible prolapse, however I have never dealt with either of these before. A little while ago we had a VERY old hen (12-14 years and still laying) get sick, she became unable to walk and had the same greenish buildup, with the same rotting smell as Vanilla has.
I really don't want to lose her. We took her in after a friend of my sister's other pullets were bullying her, my sister's friend's dad was jut going to chop her head off to end the problem.
Other info-
-She is a Hy-Line laying chicken, purchased as a chick from a pet shop
-No sigh of external parisites
-She is around 6 months old and we've had her for three.
-We can maybe get her to the vet in the morning, if she lives that long.
Please help, anything is appreciated.
