Something hanging out of hen’s vent area

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A dose of huma pn calcium 300-600 mg orally or a Tums may be helpful. Keep the vent prolapse from drying out by lubricating with honey or oil? This video shows the owner trying to retrieve the egg:

I gave her 300 mg of calcium but I forgot to ask why you recommended it? I have a feeder with oyster shell calcium in their run as well as another for grit. I have everything set up for tomorrow to work on trying to release the egg from the vent.

 

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Mineral oil or vaseline are both good to keep the prolapse moist. It is good that she is able to poop. Usually with egg binding they cannot poop. Calcium with D 3 is fine, or calcium. Just pop into her beak to swallow. Let us know how she is doing in the morning.

I gave her 300 mg of calcium with D3 wrapped in a small piece of mozzarella cheese around 7. I will keep you posted. Thank you.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I gave her 300 mg of calcium but I forgot to ask why you recommended it? I have a feeder with oyster shell calcium in their run as well as another for grit. I have everything set up for tomorrow to work on trying to release the egg from the vent.

I'd be sure to apply your ointment/oil to the vent too.

I wonder if this is lash material with a tail, similar to a soft shelled egg with a tail.
Hard to know.

You ask what is the Calcium for. It's to help expel the material, it's for contractions and retention. Extra Calcium is given in a crisis like this to help your hen through this.

 

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I'd be sure to apply your ointment/oil to the vent too.

I wonder if this is lash material with a tail, similar to a soft shelled egg with a tail.
Hard to know.

You ask what is the Calcium for. It's to help expel the material, it's for contractions and retention. Extra Calcium is given in a crisis like this to help your hen through this.



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Thank you for explaining what calcium is for in this situation. Should I give her more than 300 mg and how often should I give her calcium.
I don't know what lash material with a tail means. This is the first time I have had this happen to a chicken. I will research it now. If you have more information or advice I would truly appreciate it. I really want to help Scarlet recover from this. She is such a sweet hen.

 

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HI, I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as some of the others that have been helping you, but I know a little. Lash material is usually kind of yellowish semi-solid material that forms when a hen has a reproductive infection like salpingitis. It's kind of like a hard cheesy substance and it's made of solidified pus as I understand it. When a hen passes it, it's called a lash egg although it's not an egg and is usually not shaped much like an egg. It can have a tail-shaped extrusion at one end, I believe that's what @Wyorp Rock is describing. Antibiotics can help, but she'll have to discuss that with you.

How's your hen doing tonight? Did you get some calcium into her? You can just pop those calcium citrate tablets right into her beak, she can swallow them no problem. Did you know a chicken can swallow a mouse or a frog whole? Yup, those tablets are not even a challenge.

 

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I would give her a calcium tablet every night for a week or until Wyorp Rock or @Eggcessive tells you to stop.

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes, I think that is lash material connected to a shell-less egg. I admit I didn’t see the last pictures. I must gave been writing and posting when the pictures appeared. You can spray some warm water or soak her in warm water to try and get this loose from her. Epsom salts, a bit of Dawn, or Betadine could be added to the water. Let us know how she is doing this am. She could have salpingitis or inflammation of the oviduct which can cause lash material and passing of various egg parts and membranes.

 

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Yes, I think that is lash material connected to a shell-less egg. I admit I didn’t see the last pictures. I must gave been writing and posting when the pictures appeared. You can spray some warm water or soak her in warm water to try and get this loose from her. Epsom salts, a bit of Dawn, or Betadine could be added to the water. Let us know how she is doing this am. She could have salpingitis or inflammation of the oviduct which can cause lash material and passing of various egg parts and membranes.

After reading an article on salpingitis last night it mentioned things that Scarlet has been going through recently. I only have 3 hens and Scarlet laid almost daily and her eggs are brown. Henry and Buffy’s are a pale cream color. Anyway, one hen started laying soft shelled eggs and shell less but I didn’t know who. I noticed Scarlet was resting more under the Black Hawthorne while the other 2 were foraging. She also stopped laying. I started researching what could be wrong and thought she might be egg bound. I did a check and didn’t feel a stuck egg.
Anyway, the article from last night explained what she’s been going through and it’s concerning. I don’t know if it’s too late to save her if she does have an infection in her oviduct. I will post the a link to the article.

 

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https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/

 

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HI, I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as some of the others that have been helping you, but I know a little. Lash material is usually kind of yellowish semi-solid material that forms when a hen has a reproductive infection like salpingitis. It's kind of like a hard cheesy substance and it's made of solidified pus as I understand it. When a hen passes it, it's called a lash egg although it's not an egg and is usually not shaped much like an egg. It can have a tail-shaped extrusion at one end, I believe that's what @Wyorp Rock is describing. Antibiotics can help, but she'll have to discuss that with you.

How's your hen doing tonight? Did you get some calcium into her? You can just pop those calcium citrate tablets right into her beak, she can swallow them no problem. Did you know a chicken can swallow a mouse or a frog whole? Yup, those tablets are not even a challenge.

HI, I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as some of the others that have been helping you, but I know a little. Lash material is usually kind of yellowish semi-solid material that forms when a hen has a reproductive infection like salpingitis. It's kind of like a hard cheesy substance and it's made of solidified pus as I understand it. When a hen passes it, it's called a lash egg although it's not an egg and is usually not shaped much like an egg. It can have a tail-shaped extrusion at one end, I believe that's what @Wyorp Rock is describing. Antibiotics can help, but she'll have to discuss that with you.

How's your hen doing tonight? Did you get some calcium into her? You can just pop those calcium citrate tablets right into her beak, she can swallow them no problem. Did you know a chicken can swallow a mouse or a frog whole? Yup, those tablets are not even a challenge.

Yes, it definitely is a lash egg after Wyorp Rock replied. I immediately researched it online and the first photo I saw looked exactly like what is attached to Scarlet.
Last night I gathered everything I need to soak her and try to release the lash egg but my concern is the red stringy thing attached to the lash egg. Will soaking her easily make the lash egg fall off or do I need to gently pull on it?
I didn’t know chickens could swallow large things whole!
The article I read regarding salpingitis/lash eggs says at this point antibiotics won’t work for the infection.
Thank you for your concerns, advice, and reply.