kokopelli91
Chirping
- Mar 26, 2021
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I have an 18 month old Orpington that started laying in February of this year. On Sunday I noticed poop stuck under her vent, decided I'd give her a bath on Monday. Caught her, brought her inside, and when I was cleaning her up found she has a prolapse. I cleaned everything gently and as best as I could, sprayed some Vetericyn on her vent/prolapse and gently worked it back in, then sprayed some more Vetericyn. I put her in a dog crate in the bedroom (after drying her off), with some water with electrolytes and probiotics, limited light and limited food, but I did crush up a Tums on the Flock Raiser crumbles I gave her.. Checked her again later that day and it came back out, so I repeated the process, just not the bath. Tuesday, same thing, it had come back out but went in much more easily. Last night she laid an egg with no further prolapse, so I hoped we'd be in the clear. Checked on her this morning and it's back out again.
I gave her some Calcium+D3 (all stores within 20 miles of me are out of calcium citrate).
I know with recurrent prolapses it can run the odds of it happening again higher, but I don't know what to do at this point. She's my favorite hen so I don't want to cull her, I fully intended for her to live out her retirement without being made into stew. But I don't know if there's anything else I can do for her since it just keeps happening.
Any advice?

I know with recurrent prolapses it can run the odds of it happening again higher, but I don't know what to do at this point. She's my favorite hen so I don't want to cull her, I fully intended for her to live out her retirement without being made into stew. But I don't know if there's anything else I can do for her since it just keeps happening.
Any advice?