kinsk Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 The week before last I lost one of our three ex bats to a prolapse. Last tuesday the smallest hen had laid, there was blood on the egg and she looked quite inflamed. When I got home from work she'd been bleeding from her vent. The next day the bleeding had stopped so I cleaned her up and checked for any other signs of things being wrong, obviously with another prolapse in mind. Her vent was quite red and the next morning the top bit (parsons nose?) was almost black. She looked fine in herself and was drinking and eating, later in the morning she laid another egg. Since then her vent has been constantly dripping and is quite soiled and pooey, she has laid 4 eggs in total since the bleeding and otherwise seems okay. I do think she has lost a bit of weight though. I got them in Feb. I am reluctant to seperate them as there are only two left and when I take the little one away to clean her up the other one is beside herself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I've just had a similar experience with one of my White Stars. I noticed she had a mucky bum, and when I grabbed her for a look see, I realised she had a slight prolapse, and her vent was oozing watery liquid. I cleaned her up and applied anusol, carried her around for half a n hour or so, holding her vent shut, as she kept popping the prolapse back out. I put her in solitary, with just water and weetabix to eat, and darkened the Eglu. I also put her to bed early and got her up late this morning. Touch wood, all seems fine at the moment, and she has laid an egg without popping the prolapse out again. The leaking seems to have stopped too. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I've noticed mine leak a lot of fluid if they are having trouble laying which I guess is probably good as a lubricant and it stops when egg is laid, but I also had one who dripped loads and prolapsed and when I went to the vet found she had infection of the egg track so if she carries on it may be worth you asking for some antibiotics to clear it up. I would do like Egluntyne and darken the run and feed weetabix or similar to slow down laying until things have settled. Guess if your other isn't pecking her you won't need to seperate them. Glad your girl is ok Egluntyne I kept wondering if you had bandaged her and how Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thanks for your replies. She still has a bit of a mucky bum but otherwise seems okay in herself. It's been two weeks since she started with it, she has lost a bit of weight but is definitely still eating, she hasn't laid for a week now which I'm guessing is good to give her a rest, although yesterday when I let them out there was a lot of downy feathers lying around and this morning she had a good shake in the rain and more came out. Could this just be because she's under the weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Could be the beginnings of a moult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
