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If it is a vent prolapse, can anything be done for it?

Yes, when I tried to clean it in warm water, the rag got blood streaks on it.

I checked on our chicks this morning for any pasting up and I noticed one of them has a huge blood blister on her opening! I cleaned her in warm water and a little blood got on the cloth I dried her with after but what is the huge blood blister?! What would cause that? How do I treat it and...

Thank you for all your advice. I did the best I could but I lost her this morning.

I heard some commotion in the chicken yard and apparently a baby chick had gotten out of the coop and the rooster and possibly some other hens were attacking it. I got them away but the chick has a damaged wing and possibly a broken leg. Is there anything I can do?? I have it inside and am...

Mama took 1st baby chick outside the coop for the first time today to give her first lesson on taking a dust bath!😊

Just an update on my crazy hens! :) Of the two chicks my main broody hen hatched, one of them died the next day. The other one is growing like crazy and seems healthy. As far as the other two eggs, I did attempt, as was suggested, to remove them that day from the two hens that were sitting on...

I had a broody hen that was sitting on 4 eggs. I marked them since other hens would regularly snuggle up next to her to lay their eggs and then leave them to her. That way we could collect the others and let her have the four since we are relatively new to this and don't want to lose too many if...

But how?? I am new here ad was just getting on to ask the same thing. It has been raining so heavily here for over a week and the ground itself is completely saturated. Water seeps in underneath the coop and I don't know how to keep it out. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful! Thanks...