Red vent

[debgoody]

Does anyone know what is going one with our hen. Her vent is red and smells. She has excluded herself every night and sleeps in the run roosted you high. Each day she jumps out of the run and stays outside on her own all day.
This may be too different issues but any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like she might have a small prolapse or just a loose vent. Perhaps others have been pecking at her vent, especially if they see the red. The pictures are not the best, so if you are able to catch her and get new ones that might help. A prolapsed vent or cloaca, can happen with straining from a stuck egg or poop, or low calcium and if the red tissue stays out and dries out, it can become necrotic or dead. If you can catch her after she roosts for the night or sometime today, I would look her over, and possibly give her water, a half a calcium or tums tablet, and keep her in a dog crate with food and water, but left with the other chickens in the coop or run for a day or two. Make sure that she can poop, since a stuck egg can prevent that. Honey, sugar or a lubricant such as coconut oil can be applied to any red tissue that stays outside the body to help keep it moist until you can push it back inside.

 

[Eggcessive]

When some hens lay an egg, their cloaca protrudes from the vent, and this can attract pecking, which then can cause vent damage. Here is a good article about prolapses:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic/

 

[debgoody]

Just gave her a bath and got better pics. It looks like event may have gotten cut open??

 

[Eggcessive]

That looks more like vent pecking, which can lead to cannibalism. Overcrowding, too little protein in the diet, too much light, boredom from not getting outside, are some of the common causes. Vetericyn or plain Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic Ointment applied to the vent would be good to use on her venr, and keep her separated in a dog crate with food and water, so that she heals some before letting her out.