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Update...thinking this will be my last post on Hennedy's prolapse. 😁 (Boy, I hope I didn't just jinx myself!) She is out and about today, scratching away, with the rest of the girls. Everything is staying where it should be. 😉 She must have dust bathed yesterday in a container of sand and wood...

Thank you! 😊

Update: soaked Hennedy in epsom salt for about 20 minutes. Applied antibiotic ointment and castor oil. This time, I could actually feel that there was a scab that was lifting. (It was the spot that I was concerned was poop that I couldn't get clean.) I carefully removed the scab, working slowly...

Hennedy's crop was empty this morning. I checked it a little bit ago, and compared to others in the flock, there is not much in it. She didn't touch her scrambled eggs nor the meal worms. Lately, when I see her pecking at her feed, she seems to be just tossing it around, rarely picking anything...

Will do! Thank you so much!!

I believe I will need to start treating her for sour crop. I checked it tonight - It's not very full, but what I do feel in it feels like a squishy water balloon. 🙄😞 I will begin treatment in the morning as directed the article by @azygous .... I have read that many, many times.

Update: I gave Hennedy another epsom salt soaking and calcium citrate with Vitamin D3. I treated her with hydrocortisone, coconut oil, castor oil, followed up with the sugar water mixture. I then soaked some cotton in witch hazel, and held it to her bottom for about 5 minutes. The tissue stayed...

Thank you... I tend to get paralyzed with all of the info I read on the Internet, so I keep searching and searching for a definitive answer. I need to remind myself that sometimes there's many solutions, and it's not always "one size fits all." I just don't want to overlook things that I am not...

Good to know about the lighting! I chuckled at myself thinking, "Well, duh, it's not a magical switch! Lights on = egg; lights off = no egg. Ta-daaa! Now for my next trick...." :pop

Hennedy seems to be still doing well...except her poor butt. I will soak her today. After, I will apply some ointment and help the tissue back inside. Then I will use a cotton pad soaked with witch hazel on the area with hopes that she will be able to keep the tissue inside. I have the...

Thank you for the info and the links! Having the visual of a chicken being able to swallow a frog puts things in perspective! 😳😂

Well, Hennedy fished out all of the rice I had sprinkled in her electrolyte-fueled water. She's been scratching around at her feed and scrambled eggs, too. She also laid an egg! Yay!! A nice solid egg! It does have a bit of blood on it. I have noticed that on a couple of eggs over the past...

Will do!

One other thing...the video you shared with @Dianekw was so intense and informative!! It also made me aware that the egg can be within tissue that comes out of a hen's body. The other night, a ball-like form of tissue came out of her, and I worried that it was another egg. I checked and double...

Good to know about how the appearance of how the tissue can look...I was worried that if I couldn't get it clean enough, I shouldn't put it back in due to causing infection. I will continue to clean and apply oil to keep it moist. Should I NOT try to put it back in? The sugar water I made has...

She is on a layer's mix from our local feedmill, and I do ferment some of it since it seems to just go to waste (mostly the powdery remnants that the birds leave in the bottom of the feeder). They get that about 3 times a week. They have a container of oyster shells and grit available at all...

I am tagging the wonderful people who have helped me with past issues...I hope that is OK! @azygous @Allsfairinloveandbugs @TropicalChickies @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @Kiki

This is what caused me concern...I thought it was vent gleet until I trimmed away her feathers.

Hello all! I have a 10-month-old Leghorn with a prolapsed vent. Last night I was able to help her expell a rubbery egg! What I've done so far: * separated her from flock and placed her in quiet garage with low light; * soaked her in epsom salt baths for 20 minutes 3 times; * trimmed away...