Omlet Smart Autodoor - New in box

[Egluntyne]

I've just been out to let my hens out and one of my fave little White Stars had the most awful prolapse. Such a pity, she was as happy as Larry first thing.

 

I happened to have my phone in my pocket, so took this pic before I culled her ... to give people who haven't seen one an idea of what to expect.

 

Please be warned - the picture is not for the faint hearted.

 

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[Bramble]

Oh no, poor thing! Thank you for taking the time to post the photo though, I've not seen a prolapse before, it looks more 'bloody' than I would have thought

How common is it?

[Egluntyne]

They aren't massively common, but the commercial hybrids who are bred to churn out eggs on a daily basis, are more likely to get them than the pure breeds.

 

In the past approx six years, this is the third one of my own hens to get one, and I must have had over 50 hens in that time. In fact, this little hen did have a minor one a few months back, when she laid an egg that was nearly as big as she was, but I managed to get it back in.

[clucker1]

Thanks for that Eglutyne. That is really so very helpful as it seems to be one of those things that comes up on this message board quite a lot. Presumably, the recovery after having one is not expected. On an economic basis, I do not envisage taking any of my chickens to the vet (have spent far too much time, tears and £s there with other pets), so purely on an economic basis, that will not be an option for me. My window cleaner who is a gamekeeper too has volunteered to dispatch any as and when needed.

[Sam]

Poor girl

Thanks for posting the photo, don't think I've every seen a prolapse.

I'd really like to know how to cull, it seems so invaluable incase something like this happens

Think I will go on a course in the near future.

[Olly]

That's really useful, thanks for posting. Poor little hen, best thing you could do.

[Plum]

Nasty one, what a shame. They are hard to come to terms with because otherwise the hens are really well. Well done Egluntyne

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Thought this photo of a prolapse my Maisie had last summer might also be useful. (The pale pink bit on the right is my finger!)

 

[keyhole kate]

Sorry you lost your girl when my frizzle had a prolase earlier this year thankfully it didn't look anything like yours there was no sign of blood and she recovered following surgery and is now as right as rain if hers had been like your girls I would have taken the decision to have her Pts

[Lewis]

Thanks for posting the photo - useful for people that have never seen one.

 

One of my White Stars died on the nest, and I now know prolapsed, about 4 years ago - I didn't know what it was at the time and was too late to do anything anyway

 

We've had a few that customers have bought in to us at work, some we've treated and others which were too bad and we've had to cull, and so have taken a few photos of different types to show customers on Advanced Courses.

[The Dogmother]

Sorry to hear that Egluntyne - White Stars do seem more prone to them - perhaps the only downside of their gorgeous, enormous white eggs.