Young Barred Rock Bloody And Poopy Vent Issue - Urgent

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Keep up the good work! Caring for a sick chicken can be so stressful, but it sounds like you are doing a great job of responding to her symptoms and being as proactive (and gentle) as possible. Hope she continues to improve for you

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She's still able to poop. Permethrin dust is what I normally use to treat lice so I'll use a little, but still with extreme caution near the tissue. Thank you for replying and helping so much!

I think if you have a good layer of ointment or oil on the exposed tissue, this will protect that area well enough if you happen to get a small amount of dust on there. It will rinse off if you accidentally get too much on there.

I like to put a little of the dust in an old sock, tie the top of the sock to keep the dust in. Then pat the sock onto the feathers like you would a powder puff, this helps you control the application and gives you a finer amount that can be worked down through the feathers to the skin. The dispenser the dust comes in is clumsy and it seems the powder either pours out in large amounts or just a sprinkle.

 

[12404914]

It was rainy and cold today so I decided against the soak and pushing, partially to give her a break since it's probably uncomfortable to have it touched so frequently. I still applied ointment twice and gave calcium. She is able to have normally shaped poops now although they're still green. She eats more but I haven't noticed her drink, so I've marked the water level to see how much is used during the day. Overall she still seems to be improving, I think the calcium and the ointment have helped her vent recover a lot and the tissue seems smaller, though still too big to fit.
On the chance that her prolapsed vent turns necrotic, would it be necessary to put her down? The tissue still looks alive as blood is still pumping to it, so I'm just wondering.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It was rainy and cold today so I decided against the soak and pushing, partially to give her a break since it's probably uncomfortable to have it touched so frequently. I still applied ointment twice and gave calcium. She is able to have normally shaped poops now although they're still green. She eats more but I haven't noticed her drink, so I've marked the water level to see how much is used during the day. Overall she still seems to be improving, I think the calcium and the ointment have helped her vent recover a lot and the tissue seems smaller, though still too big to fit.
On the chance that her prolapsed vent turns necrotic, would it be necessary to put her down? The tissue still looks alive as blood is still pumping to it, so I'm just wondering.

I'm glad she's still improving a little.

Poop looking a bit more normal sounds promising as well.

When you get a chance, post some updated photos of her prolapse.

If you feel she's not drinking enough, you can offer some electrolytes for a few days, sometimes the colored water is interesting to them.
Wet mushy feed can get a little extra water into her.

Hard to know if she'd need to be put down if the tissue became necrotic, a lot would depend on the extent of the damage. Let's just hope you don't have to face that.

 

[12404914]

She's been drinking water. Wasn't able to get any pictures unfortunately. It seems her ointment has made a little layer on a patch of the exposed tissue, which I assume should be good for keeping it moist and protected. If not though I'll scrub it off. The prolapse seems a little bit smaller, so progress is still being made. I soaked her today and gave calcium but wasn't able to try to push in the prolapsed vent due to time and help available. I should be able to tomorrow, and I think there's a good chance it will go in because I can see much more of the rim of her vent than before. I also let her see some of her flockmates for a little bit. She was still separated, but able to look at them and communicate through a fence. No touching for safety reasons.

 

[12404914]

Today she made some normal hen vocalizations, which I assume are good. Today me and my dad tried to push in her prolapse again, and even though the full rim was viewable, we still couldn't. I also managed to clean some gunk off of the tissue, and it was bright red underneath. Every time we try to push in the prolapse I get worried I hurt the tissue. I noticed that when the hen pulsates her vent, I can see some internal yellow material attached to the exposed tissue. I think it might be yolk from internal laying, and my dad speculates that it could be pus. Is that a problem? I managed to get some pictures and a video. She wasn't soaked beforehand, so she still had some poop and ointment on her feathers. We tried a new way of cleaning her, but it didn't work so I'll return to soaking her. Anyway please look at the photos and video for problematic stuff; I'm very worried that the yellow is bad.
Okay so attaching video files doesn't work, so if anyone wants to see it I can make a youtube video and post it I guess. It doesn't show much more than the photos except her pulsating her vent.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The white crusy material is usually urates. It's possible the yellow is yellow tinged urates, but hard to know.
If it were pus, then you should detect a foul odor as well.

Giving her a soak once a day would be ideal. Keep up with your ointment, but really keep that tissue moist. The urates/crusts are starting to come off, so if you have mineral oil apply some of that to the crusts, just work it in. This will help keep it softer and loosen up. It's going to take time and you are doing great. If you don't have mineral oil, coconut oil can be used.
Take care if you try to peel or pry the crusty material off, as you've probably found it's fairly well attached, but it's very nice to hear the tissue underneath is healthy looking.

Keep us with the Calcium too. I know you must get tired of hearing that, but Calcium helps with retention, it's an important part of getting her well.

 

[12404914]

Should I dab her tissue with the mineral oil or rub it in? I want to use the proper technique so I don't hurt her.
Also, the pattern I seem to have developed is to soak her, apply ointment (about every twelve hours), and provide calcium once or twice every day, and try to push in the tissue every other day to give her some rest in between. I'll keep posting if anything unusual or important happens, but that's what I'm doing otherwise.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You can just rub the oil on.

Once daily calcium is all she needs.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Should I dab her tissue with the mineral oil or rub it in? I want to use the proper technique so I don't hurt her.
Also, the pattern I seem to have developed is to soak her, apply ointment (about every twelve hours), and provide calcium once or twice every day, and try to push in the tissue every other day to give her some rest in between. I'll keep posting if anything unusual or important happens, but that's what I'm doing otherwise.

You're doing great. Better than that, you're a rock star! Following so I'll know when your hen gets better; with your hard work and dedication I have no doubt you'll have a positive outcome! Oh, and if you posted a video on YouTube, all you have to do is post the link here and then it will show up here. Good job, carry on!