Follow up on curby. I realized he was no longer in his pen. Searched until dark . Oddly his tiny hen was also gone. After frantic hiking and searching, I looked in his barn as last resort and see his hen, Almond, on the floor. Scooped her up and brought her in to cuddle and calm. For whatever reason, mite/lice check, just because once over, or just something said to, I hoisted her rear up to the light but I didn't need any light to see what insaw.sorry should have warned. So off go research all I can about prolapse. I don't know if Curby is responsible or she was out of oyster shell for too long. It was about two weeks. So I washed her bottom of carefully in the bathtub. I gently repositioned what was hanging out back inside I used the microcyn first and neosporin as a lubricant to ease her outsides back in. I applied microcyn to ward infection and lastly neosporin because I swear I have seen miracles with Neosporin. I then tucked her in a small carrier with soft blanket, oyster shell , medicated chick starter and water, and prayed. To be honest I thought I was saying goodbye to her. She had been such a good hen over time and we had co-parented so many babies. I really thought this was it. By morning I tentatively raised the carrier lid off and behold! My hen was bright eyed, had eaten and more importantly not feed! She did leave something she had passed which I recognized as a shell-less egg. So it appears she was egg bound. This morning her cloaca is neat as a I don't know, purse? Miracle. Pooping like a champ. Low lighting so she will hopefully not try to lay an egg.. I know we're not totally out of the woods yet, but I feel cleanliness, love, medication and time, my litter Almond Roca will troop on. Thank you to everyone who read this long novel!
