mizz9
Chirping
Not sure what else to do!
Last night I noticed our 2 year old Rhode Island red had a big mess of poop and a soft egg shell stuck to her booty. When we grabbed her and started cleaning her up with warm water we noticed a rather large vent prolapse. After some research on BYC and other sites, we cleaned her up, and used some ointment and were able to push the prolapse back inside. We separated her from the 2 other girls and she spent the night in the garage. We tried to keep her in the dark longer than usual to discourage laying.
This morning fortunately the prolapse has stayed inside and she even pooped a few times. It does look to be be bulging but the tissue is staying inside. For now keeping her separated in the bathtub with some towels and small serving of food and water.
She is otherwise very lively and is not acting sick at all.
My second concern is that we also noticed her rump underneath looks swollen and some feather loss. This is my first time with chickens and usually there is a lot of "fluffy feathers" there so I am not sure what the rump area normally looks like, but I have a feeling this is abnormal!
Pics from after today's bath time.
Last night I noticed our 2 year old Rhode Island red had a big mess of poop and a soft egg shell stuck to her booty. When we grabbed her and started cleaning her up with warm water we noticed a rather large vent prolapse. After some research on BYC and other sites, we cleaned her up, and used some ointment and were able to push the prolapse back inside. We separated her from the 2 other girls and she spent the night in the garage. We tried to keep her in the dark longer than usual to discourage laying.
This morning fortunately the prolapse has stayed inside and she even pooped a few times. It does look to be be bulging but the tissue is staying inside. For now keeping her separated in the bathtub with some towels and small serving of food and water.
She is otherwise very lively and is not acting sick at all.
My second concern is that we also noticed her rump underneath looks swollen and some feather loss. This is my first time with chickens and usually there is a lot of "fluffy feathers" there so I am not sure what the rump area normally looks like, but I have a feeling this is abnormal!
Pics from after today's bath time.