Christie311
In the Brooder
- Feb 27, 2023
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Hi friends!
Two days ago my flock had a big scare from something in the yard, there was nothing I could see, I very was close by. One of my pullets (26 weeks old) tried to escape through a panel fence and was "stuck" there. When I came over to her there were feathers all over. I picked her up and she had a little blood on her leg. It wasn't from the fence, she was more so just hiding there in the panel not truly stuck. I cleaned the scratch on her leg and sprayed it with the vet spray. Today we noticed her straining to go poop and her bottom as messy. I did and epsom salt soak and cleared away feathers and poop. Her vent seems a bit prolapsed to me but is it also injured? the brown around there doesn't seem to be poop it's more like a scab. It would not wash away like the poop did. At the same time I found a wound on her leg that I hadn't seen before, that is in the photo as well (last photo). We wonder if a hawk came down and hurt her? I have continued to spray the area today and none of the other chickens are messing with her. What do you make of her vent??
Two days ago my flock had a big scare from something in the yard, there was nothing I could see, I very was close by. One of my pullets (26 weeks old) tried to escape through a panel fence and was "stuck" there. When I came over to her there were feathers all over. I picked her up and she had a little blood on her leg. It wasn't from the fence, she was more so just hiding there in the panel not truly stuck. I cleaned the scratch on her leg and sprayed it with the vet spray. Today we noticed her straining to go poop and her bottom as messy. I did and epsom salt soak and cleared away feathers and poop. Her vent seems a bit prolapsed to me but is it also injured? the brown around there doesn't seem to be poop it's more like a scab. It would not wash away like the poop did. At the same time I found a wound on her leg that I hadn't seen before, that is in the photo as well (last photo). We wonder if a hawk came down and hurt her? I have continued to spray the area today and none of the other chickens are messing with her. What do you make of her vent??