ashmariewa
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- Apr 25, 2024
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I have an almost one-year-old hen who has always had vent problems. It's been swollen on and off and we're constantly cleaning the poop away, giving her baths..etc.
Today I went to the chicken coop and she didn't come out to free range with the others. I noticed it looked like her vent had prolapsed, she was pecking at what appeared to be her intestines.
I ran to the house to get the isolation cage and a saltwater bath set up and by the time I came back, the prolapse had gone back in but she was seeming very dazed. I gave her a 20 minute salt water soak, cleaned the vent area and then put her in her isolation quarters. She tried to fly out of the bath several times, so was pretty spunky, but since putting her in her crate she's been standing in the same spot, not eating or drinking. I have offered electrolytes and scrambled eggs with a calcium supplement but she hasn't taken either.
Her abdomen is extremely swollen. I don't think she's egg bound because she did pass some poop that I saw while I was examing her prolapse issue, but she is quite obviously not well. Her abdomen nearly touches the ground.
Thoughts?
Today I went to the chicken coop and she didn't come out to free range with the others. I noticed it looked like her vent had prolapsed, she was pecking at what appeared to be her intestines.
I ran to the house to get the isolation cage and a saltwater bath set up and by the time I came back, the prolapse had gone back in but she was seeming very dazed. I gave her a 20 minute salt water soak, cleaned the vent area and then put her in her isolation quarters. She tried to fly out of the bath several times, so was pretty spunky, but since putting her in her crate she's been standing in the same spot, not eating or drinking. I have offered electrolytes and scrambled eggs with a calcium supplement but she hasn't taken either.
Her abdomen is extremely swollen. I don't think she's egg bound because she did pass some poop that I saw while I was examing her prolapse issue, but she is quite obviously not well. Her abdomen nearly touches the ground.
Thoughts?