Please Help!! Can we save her?!

[Jgerrior125]

Heard lots of noise coming from our coop today and went to check it out and one hen was chasing another one. I could see blood. We quickly removed her and got her inside to bath her and clean her up. Can we keep her isolated and save her?? She eating and drinking for us and seems completely fine now that's she separated but her vent does not look okay and dripping. She is still pooping dark greenish poop, just coming out the side of the bloodyness. We did cut her feathers in the area to get a better look and they were all stuck together.


We were on vacation almost 3 weeks ago and came home and found one hen had died but we thought possibly egg bound and looked like she had been pecked... I had been keeping a closer eye on them and didn't see anymore pecking till today.

 

[GodLovesU]

@Eggcessive, does this look like a prolapse?

 

[coach723]

How old is the hen? Do you know when she last laid? It appears to be a prolapse. If it was pecked, then it depends on how bad. If minor then it may heal. If major, then infection is a risk. I would gently clean it up, flushing with a syringe or condiment bottle with a squirt tip is gentle. Get it as clean as you can. Apply some triple antibiotic ointment with your finger, including pushing a bit into the vent, and gently push that tissue back inside. You may need to hold it for a few minutes. The swelling makes them push, and it may keep coming out, so keep trying. The ointment may not want to stick to moist tissue, so may take some working to get it spread around. Cover as much as you can to keep it covered and moist, reapply as needed to keep it moist. You don't want that tissue to dry out. You can also apply honey (manuka is good) which will also help reduce swelling. If there are large tears or wounds then an oral antibiotic might be called for. If she's actively laying I would keep her in a dark room for most of the day, to help her body stop wanting to lay. That could take a while, and eggs may continue to come, so re-prolapse is possible. If it happens you will need to put the tissue back inside, hold it til it stays, and continue treatment. I keep mine in a dark room and turn on light several times a day for short periods to let her eat and drink, and check how she's doing, reapply ointment, clean her up, etc. Some birds can prolapse once and never again, some birds will do it repeatedly. I had a hen that prolapsed very badly and was pecked, it did eventually heal, but she continued to prolapse repeatedly for several months. It eventually ended her.

 

[Jgerrior125]

How old is the hen? Do you know when she last laid? It appears to be a prolapse. If it was pecked, then it depends on how bad. If minor then it may heal. If major, then infection is a risk. I would gently clean it up, flushing with a syringe or condiment bottle with a squirt tip is gentle. Get it as clean as you can. Apply some triple antibiotic ointment with your finger, including pushing a bit into the vent, and gently push that tissue back inside. You may need to hold it for a few minutes. The swelling makes them push, and it may keep coming out, so keep trying. The ointment may not want to stick to moist tissue, so may take some working to get it spread around. Cover as much as you can to keep it covered and moist, reapply as needed to keep it moist. You don't want that tissue to dry out. You can also apply honey (manuka is good) which will also help reduce swelling. If there are large tears or wounds then an oral antibiotic might be called for. If she's actively laying I would keep her in a dark room for most of the day, to help her body stop wanting to lay. That could take a while, and eggs may continue to come, so re-prolapse is possible. If it happens you will need to put the tissue back inside, hold it til it stays, and continue treatment. I keep mine in a dark room and turn on light several times a day for short periods to let her eat and drink, and check how she's doing, reapply ointment, clean her up, etc. Some birds can prolapse once and never again, some birds will do it repeatedly. I had a hen that prolapsed very badly and was pecked, it did eventually heal, but she continued to prolapse repeatedly for several months. It eventually ended her.

Thank you. She has been laying daily and pretty sure she laid today. She is 10 months old.