skive Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Hello all, I am Sharona the mother hen to 4 crazy chickens, Ethel, Deidre, Eunice and Doris..... I am wondering if someone could please help with a vent related problem..... Whilst having my dinner the other my little feathered friends where watching us through the window. I noticed when Doris turned around her fluffy feather around her bottom seemed matted and her vent look sore and swollen..... Me and my husband washed her vent but the problem persisted..... I think it may be a prolapse, the problem is I cant separate her as I dont where I could put her.... and I am not ure what to feed her to help rectify the problem....any advice would be greatly received Thanks Sharona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Welcome to the forum, Sharona . Sorry your first post has had to be about a problem . Are you sure it's a prolapse and not another hen pecking at her bottom and making it sore? Is anything protruding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skive Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 It looks like a pink ring.... not to be vile but it looks like when you puked your lips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 That sounds like a normal vent to me (hard to be sure without a photo though!) It should be pink and pulsating ( ). Does it look like feathers are missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skive Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 no the feathers are matted not bald..... The thing is it doesnt look like the other chickens vent and it does look a lot larger / swollen....I have tried asking her whats wrong but she doesnt answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I've no experience of prolapses but a quick search for prolapses brings up a few topics you could have a read through . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 If it was a prolapse, the other hens would be pecking at it in all likelihood. Any chance of a photo so that we can hazard a guess at what is going on? Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
