Picked up some olive egger chicks from tractor supply over the summer and from what I remember they were supposed to be all pullets. But we all know how that is. Anyway, one of them has a silkie feather gene! I dont know how common it is, but its totally an olive egger type- not a silkie at all...
She didnt make it. It kept coming back out and i repeated the process once, flushing the waste out before putting it back. She seemed to improve yesterday, i gave her vitamins. But she died in her sleep last night :(
i can confirm she was pecked a bit but it wasnt bleeding actively.
Graphic warning, dont read if youre squeamish!
Thanks so much everyone. What a bad day. I used warm water and iodine. I was able to get it back in but it was full of waste and came back out. I was hoping the poop would find...
I read up on prolapse and i think that could be it. Im going to get a basin to gently rinse it off and see if it will go back in without much trouble. Im going to use iodine as an antimicrobial since thats what i have on hand and possibly some petroleum jelly. My hope is that there isnt a poop...
My Spitz hen is less than a year old, lays eggs, and this morning when i let them out i noticed a golfball sized bloody mass coming out of her vent. I didnt touch it, but she’s acting very normal and almost unbothered. If its a prolapse what steps should i take? Or is it some sort of tumor?? Ive...