Prolapse, right?

[Wyorp Rock]

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.

Good advice as always.

 

[Traffie Chickens]

Any updates?

 

[clairhoffman]

Any updates?

I definitely think better today. Not healed but better.
She laid an egg and is much less swollen. After we did a soak in some warm water, her prolapse was pushed back in for a short period but came back out. I’m not expecting a cure overnight definitely taking this as small progress.

 

[Traffie Chickens]

I definitely think better today. Not healed but better.
She laid an egg and is much less swollen. After we did a soak in some warm water, her prolapse was pushed back in for a short period but came back out. I’m not expecting a cure overnight definitely taking this as small progress.

Awesome! That’s a great sign that she laid! And it will definitely be a step by step process! Wishing you the best!

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Aw yay!! Good luck!

 

[clairhoffman]

Here’s an updated pic after daily soaks and pushing it back in since Tuesday.

After pushing it in, she will hold it in for a couple minutes but by the time I head inside, she’s bearing down for a minute and prolapsed again.

The poop that’s on her butt is hard and feels almost like a scab around the outer edge. Does that mean it’s healing? Is this some type of blockage? What do we think?

Her behavior is fine and she’s eating and drinking a bit. Hasn’t laid an egg since Wednesday but also has very limited light exposure - I leave a small light on during the day so she can see enough to eat/drink. But we don’t have much natural light or enough light to warrant egg production in that part of our barn. We live in Michigan and it’s also been very chilly the last few days.

This is my first experience with a prolapse so I really don’t know what to look for in terms of healing. Thank you everyone!!

 

[Eggcessive]

That scab is fairly normal in some prolapses, and it usually will fall off eventually. Some people report that their hens’ prolapses don’t stay in for a week or so. Perhaps giving her a calcium tablet or Tums daily for a few days will help.

 

[Chestnut Buttercup]

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?

I had this happen to my hen Buttercup and what I found really useful is I brought a cream called Preparation H and I put it in the prolapse and after one day the inflammation suddenly stopped. I suggest soaking in a warm bath everyday and clean all the poop off and then put on the preparation H. Isolate her into a cage and give her mashed up food and water. I hope she feels better soon!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

After pushing it in, she will hold it in for a couple minutes but by the time I head inside, she’s bearing down for a minute and prolapsed again.

The poop that’s on her butt is hard and feels almost like a scab around the outer edge. Does that mean it’s healing? Is this some type of blockage? What do we think?

It is like a scab and the prolapse will not stay in until that sloughs off.
You don't want that material to stay inside the vent, so I'd give it time to slough off before trying to get the tissue to stay inside.
Apply some mineral oil to the scab to help soften it a bit, but don't pull it off, the tissue underneath is likely still healing and she'll bleed. But you can work on removing bits of the scabby/hardened material once it's softened up.

Continue with the calcium and keep that tissue coated with ointment/oil.
It can take weeks for this to resolve.

 

[Birdslave]

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?

I'm sorry this happened to you. I had a hen, "Lovey" (like from Gilligan's Island, Lol) that got that. I have lousy vet choices here, most vets specialize here in cats & dogs. They put her to "her peace" but i wished something could have been done. So sorry to hear of this about your bird.
Thing is, I kept up with all the calcium and minerals, and proper foods. Vitamin D, everything ! I thought someone stepped on her ! I just don't know what happened !

Peace to you.