The Dogmother Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (not one of mine, thankfully) Sad event today; A friend rang today,- he'd taken a call from someone whose hen had a prolapse, she lived not far from me... could I help? I rang the lady and she popped over with her hen - very bad prolapse with some necrotic tissue, highly unlikely that it would stay in, but I washed it and gave it several goes as the owner was concerned and understandably upset. As I'd expected, the prolapse popped back out after each occasion. A very hard decision for the lovely owner, but she decided to leave the wee hen with me to be despatched humanely. It had been a really good layer of large-ish eggs, which is often the cause of a prolapse. Sad, but she went peacefully and quietly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Ah that is sad but lucky that you were able to help and try to put it back. Such a shame that it didn't work but good that you were able to put an end to the poor chooks suffering. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgreenster Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 our lovely omlet chicken Athena suffered the same fate last summer..she was only about 6 months old and had been laying the most enormous eggs ...we had her PTT ...sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Glad she went quietly and quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Happened to an ex-bat of mine. Nothing would keep it in. Really sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 It rarely happens in pure breeds, but high yielding hybrids are prone to it, especially white stars as they lay large eggs in proportion to their size. From having my finger up a chicken's bum last weekend, this weekend found me emptying a chicken's crop as it had sour crop. Not entirely sure which one I preferred, although happily, this hen will live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
