Prolapse, right?

[clairhoffman]

I have a 2 year old layer who I believe is presenting with a prolapsed butt.

This started within the last 24 hours. She is a regular layer - typically one egg a day. We soaked her warm water, cleaned her up a bit and tried to push the prolapse back in but it will not stay. She keeps pushing against us when we push in and there is no egg that we can feel.
She’s acting normal aside from the butt - eating, drinking and walking seemingly fine. We did seclude her from the other 15 hens as I feel like she’s starting to get picked up.
My husband and I are worried it’s too bad and we will have to dispatch her. I attached a photo. What should we do next?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

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[User690263]

I think that is definitely a prolapse, but unfortunately I'm not knowledgeable enough to help

 

[Traffie Chickens]

It looks like a prolapse… I had a hen pass from this a few months ago, and I don't want the same to happen to you. Here are some threads about it to help.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/something-wrong-with-her-butt.1648524/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ng-from-vent-prolapse-oh-my-what-to-do.76124/

 

[sean_wonder]

Is her abdomen hard? Did you add Epsom salt to the soak? Using lubricant to help guide the prolapse back inside could help, but it looks like it may have been pecked. You may want to take her to a vet if the tissue is wounded or scabbed at all.

 

[clairhoffman]

Is her abdomen hard? Did you add Epsom salt to the soak? Using lubricant to help guide the prolapse back inside could help, but it looks like it may have been pecked. You may want to take her to a vet if the tissue is wounded or scabbed at all.

No hard abdomen. I didn’t do epsom salt because the only salt I had was lavender.
We can try some lubricant but I’m worried about irritating it more. I noticed the prolapse because there was blood in the coop

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

I'd add some lubricant/Vetericyn that's what I use. Gently try to push everything back in, carefully so that you don't tear anything. If you put her in water that might also help.

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like she had the prolapse and others pecked at her vent area. There are missing feathers and another wound to the left of her vent. They can have a prolapse from straining to lay an egg. Give her a human calcium tablet with vitamin d 300-600 mg orally directly into her beak to swallow. Tums can be substituted, just break in half and give the two pieces into the beak. Calcium can help with muscle contraction to retain the prolapse and to help pass an egg. Do you feel an egg? There may or may not be one. Lubricate the vent inside and outside the vent with honey, vaseline, hydrocortisone cream or other mild oil. The prolapse may not go in or stay in for a day or two. The swelling can go down with the honey or some sugar. The discolored area on the outside is fairly normal from drying, and should eventually come off. A daily soak in warm water will help her keep clean and heal.

 

[clairhoffman]

It looks like she had the prolapse and others pecked at her vent area. There are missing feathers and another wound to the left of her vent. They can have a prolapse from straining to lay an egg. Give her a human calcium tablet with vitamin d 300-600 mg orally directly into her beak to swallow. Tums can be substituted, just break in half and give the two pieces into the beak. Calcium can help with muscle contraction to retain the prolapse and to help pass an egg. Do you feel an egg? There may or may not be one. Lubricate the vent inside and outside the vent with honey, vaseline, hydrocortisone cream or other mild oil. The prolapse may not go in or stay in for a day or two. The swelling can go down with the honey or some sugar. The discolored area on the outside is fairly normal from drying, and should eventually come off. A daily soak in warm water will help her keep clean and heal.

How many days do you suggest this treatment?

 

[Eggcessive]

Give the calcium once to see if she has an egg inside. The other treatments would depend on how long the prolapse is out. Once it goes back in and stays, she can go back with her flock. But I would watch the others now for any bullying or vent pecking.