Successful vent prolapse treatment - with photos

[cincyfarmgirl]

The post you are quoting is from 2016. The OP (Original Poster) has not been on since 2021.

Do you have photos of your hen, her vent, her poop?
What do you feed, including treats?
She's picking at her vent and it has dried poop - check her for lice/mites. Remove the dried poop, see if she stops picking. She may be trying to remove the poop or she has some bugs, hard to know.

IF you find lice/mites, use a Permethrin based poultry dust to treat her. DE is not going to help much at all.

She's lethargic and off food.
When was the last time she laid an egg?
Is her crop emptying?

Work on hydration, get fluids into her. Sugar water or electrolytes. If she's not laid an egg and should have get Extra Calcium into her.
1Calcium Citrate+D3 tablet once daily for 5 days or you can give TUMS.

They have a 20% Layer feed and also some chicken scratch and they have lots of opportunity to free range in the yard and prefer that. It’s been a long time since she laid an egg. I thought she was looking kinda droopy now for a while. I did see what appeared to be mites when I examined her bottom.And I will try the Premethrrin for Lice and mites and see if that helps. I thought the DE was supposed to be good for that. And I’ll also get some electrolytes & fluids into her. Thanks for the suggestions.