Ill chicken with red swollen backside

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MelChris

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Ill chicken with red swollen backside
« on: September 24, 2008, 16:01 »
I have 8 ex-batts, which have been with me for around 5 months.  I noticed today that one of them (who still has some feather growing to do) has got a large patch of skin around her tail feathers and vent that is bright red and very swollen.  It almost looks like a bunch of raspberries around her tail.  She seems bright and perky in every other respect and is so difficult to catch that I haven't been able to get a close look.  Any advice gratefully received!

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Vember

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Ill chicken with red swollen backside
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2008, 16:12 »
Hi MelChris

Welcome to the forum's :D

Sounds very much like your hen has a prolapse

I'll find Aunt Sally's Last post for you, it'l give you some info on what to do :)

BRB


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Ill chicken with red swollen backside
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2008, 16:13 »
Hi Melchris and welcome.

It sounds like it might be a prolapse. This is when the insides hang out of the vent. :?

If you can catch her and isolate her for a while, you can try bathing her rear end in luke warm, slightly salty water and try gently pushing it back in with a lubricated finger.

I've never done this and am only offering a bit of guessed and half-remembered advice.

Hopefully, you'll get some proper advice very soon. Keep watching.

Rob 8)

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Ill chicken with red swollen backside
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2008, 16:20 »
They make for bleak reading but there is some hope. It depends on how much you want to invest in her and how you think she'll cope.

either way, there is no wrong decision, other than leaving her as she is. It's something that needs attention.
If you need further advice, ask away.

Rob 8)



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