VENT PROLAPSED HEN!!! PLEASE HELP I HEARD A POP AND STUFF SPILLED OUT THERE IS BLOOD EVERYWHERE

[Wyorp Rock]

This is not a prolapse, something has gone horribly wrong, those are her intestines. She will not last til morning. I'm very sorry.

Still technically a prolapse (Cloacal). Intestinal and reproductive.

 

[ChickenTender1203]

Any ideas how this can be prevented completely?

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

You cannot save this hen. Even if you could take her to the vet they may not be able to save her. All they could do is clean it, push it in the best they could, and suture the vent so it cannot pop out again. Things like prolapses cannot wait. If you posted earlier, before organs prolapsed, we may have been able to do something. However, especially since it has been prolapsed for so long, it now has bacteria and the hen will get infection if you did somehow push it back in and get it to stay. Unfortunatly, as chicken keepers, we accept the responsibility to end suffering when needed. It comes down to this. 2 options when a bird is to a point that no human can help them.
1. Euthanize now and save a long heart breaking death for the bird
2. Sit and watch the bird slowly decline until they cant eat or drink and suffer for hours, maybe days, until they finally take that last painful breath.

A good chicken owner who truly cared about their birds well being would choose option 1. If you choose to do this, there are options with no blood. Lookup the gas method and the broomstick method. I know it is hard, but it must be done. And remember, well be here with you and for you the whole time.

 

[Kiki]

Any ideas how this can be prevented completely?

A balanced diet is a good starting place.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

I'm very sorry for you to lose your hen in such an alarming way. I also hope you can get some answers moving forward that help you learn from the experience.

 

[ChickenTender1203]

If she was egg bound and the egg went bad it might have exploded inside her tearing her vent and releasing her intestines.... All the anti bacterial spray will not save this hen

We never saw and egg and we wouldn't know where to look for it, but this morning I did find egg yolks near her and her standing next to it not doing anything but I did not notice any vent prolapse

 

[Kiki]

We never saw and egg and we wouldn't know where to look for it, but this morning I did find egg yolks near her and her standing next to it not doing anything but I did not notice any vent prolapse

How many chickens do you have?

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

I just cured my hen with a prolapse yesterday. Lets wait for other members to come in and see what they say. I'm not sure what the extent of this is, but lets see what others say before panicing. I can't tell what is going on in those photos, can you get clearer pictures please?

Right now, I want you to separate her in the coop or your house with with a dog crate, warm towels and a heat pad. I also want to you administer calcium citrate. A whole pill and pop it in her beak, she'll swallow it. If you don't have that, do a whole TUMS also in her beak.

Going to tag @azygous and @Wyorp Rock

@Weeg I truly respect you, but would calcium not make her have more contractions therefore prolapsing more?

 

[ChickenTender1203]

A balanced diet is a good starting place.

We have 2 roosters so we feed them purina all flock and recently been giving them purina layer feed occasionally to help them. We pour oyster shells on the ground for them but they dont really eat them at all and we do have grit but we dont really give it to them because they are free range

 

[chickfused]

I have to give one of my girls calcium tablets every other day in the summer and another once a week. They just don't eat as much food when it's so hot and they end up with soft eggs. Soft eggs are a binding risk.