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[BocBoc]

Come home from work and seen that poor Haggis has got half her bottom hanging out!! Not a brilliant photo but it's as if her innards are hanging outside her bum. She laid her first egg yesterday and passed a softie today. This doesn't seem to bother her but it's not right. Any ideas what to do??

 

 

Edited September 19, 2009 by Guest

[Fur 'n' Feathers]

Can't really see from the photo as it's a bit messy, but from your description it sounds like a prolapse.

 

Our Krasi had the same when she started laying.

Prompt action:

Pop the bit that's hanging out back in gently with a finger (rubber glove recommended) and apply some vaseline.

 

The vaseline does 2 things - protective for skin and gently soothing.

 

It might be a good idea to bathe the area too before the vaseline if very mucky. If you haven't any suitable poulty-type wash use salt water (it's been used for centuries as an antiseptic). Make sure the area's dried off and spray with anti-peck spray to deter the others' interest.

 

Watchful waiting & repeat treatment re bathing & vaseline till it clears is also recommended.

 

Some people say once this has happened the hen can be prone but our hen has not had a repeat. It can happen as their egg laying tackle comes into play, so to speak.

 

If we've left anything out others will come along to help.

 

Good luck.

[BocBoc]

Ok - no vaseline and no money on us to go to the corner shop so we've used pile cream.

 

We've dunked poor Haggis in a bucket of salty water, poked her innards back in but the vent looks too baggy to hold them in. I held my fingers over the bits for a few minutes but as soon as we popped her on floor, they fell back out again.

 

I'm starting to panic Mr Mainwaring and struggling to hold my vomit down!

 

Do we shove it in again but try to be a bit firmer and push it in further?

[Space Chick]

I am really sorry to tell you this, but something very similar happened to my Martha when she came into lay and sadly I lost her.

 

I just want to prepare you for the worst, but I would say you need a vet urgently

[Sammy]

If you have other hens you should probably keep Haggis separate in case they start pecking at her bottom.

 

From what I can see, she needs a vet.

[susanb]

I read here somewhere that putting honey on can help - it makes the hanging out bit shrink a bit so that it might stay in better.

[Redwing]

Yes if it wont stay in thats not a good sign

 

You cold try applying the pile cream again and leaving her in a box in the dark to let the prolapse shrink back a bit then try again - once things have settled down it might be easier

 

If you do get it back in keep her on something sloppy like weetabix and water for a couple of days to slow down her laying as the layers pellets will keep the eggs coming and she needs to recover

 

If you really think the prognosis is not good, that she is suffering and cannot get her to a vet to be PTS, give me a call and I will come and do the deed if you cannot, I will pm my phone no

[katieD]

hi bocboc

 

i can see you are quite local to me- theres a really good vet in ilkeston-

 

jamiesons

Lower Stanton Rd

Ilkeston

Derbyshire

DE7 4LN

0115 932 9322

 

reccomended for poultry- dont think they are open at this time but could ring first thing if you dont have ant sucess.

 

good luck

[Egluntyne]

Can't really see much from the photo, but is sounds like a prolapse to me too.

 

Redwing has given the advice that I would give .

[cavysqueak]

I hope all is well, but do be prepared for the worst. We lost our Carmen as she was prone to prolapses. As other people have mentioned before I would definately recommend seeing a vet asap.

 

Hoping for the best. XxX

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm sorry to hear about poor Haggis . I hope you manage to get it to stay in and a vet can do something for her tomorrow .

[BocBoc]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Well, I managed to put it back in again last night, smeared her baggy vent with pile cream and then we put her in a straw lined box in the dining room with some water.

 

I've just come down expecting the worst.........but she's up and about and her innards appear to still be inside. She's having a preen and she looks to be fine albeit a little confused in her surroundings.

 

She has had a few nibbles of weetabix in water and I've put her some corn and water out too.

 

What do we do now?! Steve's gone to work - won't be home til about 5:30pm and he's taken my car.

 

Do I keep her in the box all day? Do I put her back in the run with the others? I've no idea what to do.

 

 

 

 

20 minutes later.......she's tried to do a poo and her innards have fallen out again. She's back in the box, I've got a spare car in the garage so will go to work, make an appt with the vet (Jamiesons) and will come back and get her for her appt. It doesn't seem to be bothering her at all, she's very alert, eating and drinking. My boss is not going to be best pleased - he already gave me compassionate leave on the day our old girls got murdered!!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Poor girl . I hope you get on OK at the vet .

[BocBoc]

She's got an appt at 9:30am - just our luck that the specialist chicken vet isn't in today but they've said to bring her in anyway. Fingers crossed everyone.....

 

[xScrunchee]

How did it go?

Have kept my fingers crossed

[BocBoc]

 

Sadly our little Haggis was put to sleep this morning. The vet was great, informative, caring, firm and sympathetic all at the same time.

 

Thanks for your support fellow Omleteers - I don't know what I'd do without you all.

 

Now...how many chickens can you keep in an Eglu.....we are back to three again but quite liked having four.....but you can't introduce one on it's own.......hmmmm.......

[Groovychook]

I'm so sorry to hear about Haggis

[ClaireG]

Sorry to hear about poor Haggis

[Falkor]

So sorry

[Redwing]

What a shame you did your best for her

 

I would stick to 3 chickens if I was you, I added a single one to a group of three in an Eglu the introduction was sucessful but it sparked all sorts of behavioural problems! If you have a bigger run like a walk in one its much easier to do

[Egluntyne]

Sad news about Haggis.

 

Well done for taking such prompt action.

[Space Chick]

So sorry to hear about Haggis

[Fur 'n' Feathers]

So sorry it didn't work out for Haggis. You did everything you could. Well done for being brave. It's not easy deciding what to do when it's all so new. Glad the forum has been of help.

 

Re the numbers, 3 is a good number. Ours were happy together. We're only increasing to 4 as we lost Miso in April & have now got a cube.

[debbier]

Sorry to hear about your problems, just to add to what others have said, I have three hens too, and they are fine together, so don't worry about the number.