LizStreithorst
09-29-2021, 02:05 PM
Isabel is the name I gave to the hen whose uterus was coming out that I treated for several weeks earlier this year. She got better quit and quit laying for a while then started laying eggs again. She's one of the hens who lays her egg in a nest I have set up in the house for the weird ones who prefer to lay inside for some strange reason.
I heard a hen cackle earlier and went to get my egg. Isabel had just hopped off the nest and I saw blood on her eggs, looked at her and saw she had a wet butt. I knew immediately that she had prolapsed again. I saw this morning that a hen must have been spending the night inside in a dog grooming cage that was not closed. The cage pad was damp and had chicken poop on it.
Isabel is smart as far as chickens go. She remembered what had happened last time and that I made her better so she set herself up for me to fix her again. She's a good hen too, considering the fact that she's not a pet. She never gave me a bit of trouble when I picked her up, took her to the dog grooming tub and washed her dirty butt and cut the feathers close to her vent.
The prolapse isn't nearly as bad this time as it was before. I put pressure on it while I was blotting her wet butt dry and it went in by itself. Still, I shot some antibiotic cream up her and held pressure on it with a paper towel soaked in Witch Hazel.
I put her in a clean cage with a waterer and boiled her some corn. I don't think she'll need more than a few days of soft food and watching. Since she's smart enough to come in to sleep in the cage on her own I may even let her out tomorrow and just leave the cage open for her.
So many of my other Bielefelders have decided to molt and quit laying. I wish Isabel had done that because a good long rest would have helped her heal but she still lays an egg every day. I have read that once a chicken prolapses it is likely to happen again. Apparently that's the case here.
I heard a hen cackle earlier and went to get my egg. Isabel had just hopped off the nest and I saw blood on her eggs, looked at her and saw she had a wet butt. I knew immediately that she had prolapsed again. I saw this morning that a hen must have been spending the night inside in a dog grooming cage that was not closed. The cage pad was damp and had chicken poop on it.
Isabel is smart as far as chickens go. She remembered what had happened last time and that I made her better so she set herself up for me to fix her again. She's a good hen too, considering the fact that she's not a pet. She never gave me a bit of trouble when I picked her up, took her to the dog grooming tub and washed her dirty butt and cut the feathers close to her vent.
The prolapse isn't nearly as bad this time as it was before. I put pressure on it while I was blotting her wet butt dry and it went in by itself. Still, I shot some antibiotic cream up her and held pressure on it with a paper towel soaked in Witch Hazel.
I put her in a clean cage with a waterer and boiled her some corn. I don't think she'll need more than a few days of soft food and watching. Since she's smart enough to come in to sleep in the cage on her own I may even let her out tomorrow and just leave the cage open for her.
So many of my other Bielefelders have decided to molt and quit laying. I wish Isabel had done that because a good long rest would have helped her heal but she still lays an egg every day. I have read that once a chicken prolapses it is likely to happen again. Apparently that's the case here.