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[Redwing]

I was celebrating the first supervised roaming (behind Omlet net) session today and took the opportunity to take a good look at each of my girls as they went back in to the Eglu run, to my horror I saw that Bren has had a prolapse

 

I am waiting for them to settle in the Eglu before I swipe her off the roosting bars and in to the kitchen to deal with the problem. It all seems reasonably clean and doesnt seem swollen so I am hoping I will be ok.

 

Does this mean that this will happen again and that she will be prone to them? obviously I can't stop her laying eggs so there seems little I can do to prevent a reoccurance but any advice would be great.

[Redwing]

I have just seen a similar post in the Chickens section from Wombatally, I didn't realise a prolapse could be so serious

[Christian]

Have you still got my number Tasha??

[Redwing]

Thanks for your help Christian!

 

I have to admit to being very Blue Peter in my approach to this I used sugar (as suggested on another thread) as thats all I had but I dont think the prolapse was particularly bad as it was pink and shiny and not dirty luckily.

 

I couldnt get Bren to keep still with her bottom in the air so I turned her on her back in desparation and she stayed on her baclk on the kitchen table for the rest of the time as good as gold

 

true amateur hour stuff

 

She has lots of feathers missing and the skin looks a bit bruised and grey though

 

My OH has his mates round who are all about the whole thing.

 

Bren is now in the big dog cage in the kitchen and the dog is homeless

 

Thanks again

[Christian]

My pleasure Tasha. Hope she is better soon

[Egluntyne]

I'd take her off the layers pellets for a day or two and it might give her laying tackle time to heal as egg formation will slow down.

 

Fill her up with pasta and rice and the chicken equivalent of junk food for a short while.

[mostin]

I hope Bren is soon on the mend Redwing.

[Tiggy]

crikey what a baptisum of fire for a new henkeeper

[Ain't Nobody Here]

How's she doing now, Redwing?

[Redwing]

Bren is back with the others now after clucking madly in the dog cage in the kitchen for a couple of days the cats are looking a lot less ruffled and the dog has his bed back and the house smells a lot better

 

Bren has not laid an egg since, I was hoping there wasn't a softy or a broken egg in her system but she is very lively so i am guessing not, she isn't laying every day anyway so I am glad there wasnt an egg in her and that she had time to recover.

 

Its not like we are short of eggs anyway so if she wants time off she deserves it

 

I have seen and dealt with prolapses in sheep and a cow so luckily was not as ill prepared as I could have been! it was just all in miniature

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Glad to hear it .

[wombatally]

Redwing, I'm so glad Bren seems okay.

 

Hope my post didn't scare you too much! Skye was prone to softies and when she prolapsed there was a softie in there. I think some are prone to these things and Skye was probably one of those and her prolapse wasn't staying in at all. Sounds like Bren's was a one off and not as bad so good signs for a full recovery!

 

I heard that if you can get it to stay in they're usually okay

 

Three cheers for the sugar trick! My Dad is a farmer and uses bags of the stuff when it happens to cows during calving.

[Redwing]

Thanks! Bren is now fine and has laid an egg since

 

I must admit I didn't really think it would happen to a chicken.

 

Still really sorry about your poor girl

[wombatally]

That's great news Redwing. At least having it happen makes you prepared for the next time and it won't seem so daunting or disgusting!

[The Dogmother]

Good for you 'Farm Girl'!

 

She may well be prone to prolapsing again - it's quite common, so keep an eye on her botty.

 

Well done!