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[geb0205]

Hi there, does anyone have any info on prolapses? One of my girls was off colour the other day, and after taking her to the vets (shes now on antibiotics and anti-inflams) she's perking up, but today, she's laid a rather blood stained egg and has a bit of a bulgy vent.

 

Vets said she was sore hence the above drugs, which she is looking alot better on. She's back to her usual self and doesn't seem to be in pain to pass a motion.

 

Should I be taking her back to the vets or doing anything?

[Redwing]

Has the vent actually prolapsed? if its just a bit bulgy perhaps manipulate it a bit with clean fingers to ease it all in to shape, if its prolapsed you could try to put it back carefully

 

You could keep the hen on wheetabix (mixed with water) for a few days so she stops laying and her tackle can recover

[The Dogmother]

A bulgy vent after laying is quite common, but a prolapse is pretty obvious and not always curable. As Redwing has said, keep her off layers pellets, and somewhere dark to try to stop her laying for a couple of days.

[kitchens]

This sounds really awful but prolapses very very rarely repair themselves and often the affecfted hen goes off lay for good. The other way to ensure it doesn't recur is for her to have a hystorectomy, but obviously this would be very costly for a chicken. We had a hen with a very bad prolapse and unfortunately we had to cull her. You must ensure that the other girls don't have a peck as they will show some cannibalistic tendancies. Make sure you have purple anticeptic spray to hand to stop this and also to keep the wound clean. Good luck.

[emmaw298]

hi there, would re-iterate keeping her separate from the others until you are sure its not a prolapse - they can be very mean little things if they get a whiff of blood!

[kaz64]

I have personal experience of one of my chickens prolapsing its not pretty as they push everything out and it looks like a balloon there was a fantastic article in practical poultry which I followed to the letter and my chicken survived and went on to lay again with no further problems,

seperate your chicken bath the vent with warm water gentle push the prolapse back in making sure you dont twist anything with moist fingers wear surgical gloves as they prevent you from damaging the tissues with your nails apply haemorrhoid cream I used anusol as this makes the blood vessels contract and holds everything in place. I had to repeat this process several times the first day. I stopped feeding layers pellets and fed her just on corn for 10 days and she is still laying 12 months later the only thing thats happened since is she tends to get a mucky backside and I have to keep the feathers cut off and apply vaseline to the skin. She is a bluebelle called Belle

hope this helps kaz