Birker2020
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We lost one of our four ex bat hens Parsley, that we'd had for 2 months yesterday. My partner found her about noon and rang me at work to say that she had blood and something poking out of her bum. I presumed she'd had a prolapse so left work and shot round there. He'd seperated her from the others as they were pecking her bum. I rang the vets and got an appointment for about 3 hours times. She'd laid an egg after being seperated from the others which was just a normal sized and shaped egg. I thought she may have been egg bound but when we cracked the egg open it was as fresh as a daisy. As it happened I was due to leave work early yesterday anyway as my vet was coming to visit and scan my friends horse so I rang ahead and they agreed to put her to sleep at the yard. Poor Parsley, it was very sad as they had to inject her intra muscularly as they only do it that way and then she needed a top up about an hour later as she hadn't gone although she was unconcious.
The vet said it was a big prolapse and didn't think there was much point doing anything, which I agreed with as we'd given her a lovely two short months of freedom and he thought she'd probably die under the anaethetic anyway. I know I sound very ignorant but do hens have only one opening for egg pooh and wee? I thought they would have two or even three but have never looked. They are fed the best layers mash, layers pellets, have access to good grit, water at all times, a sand bath, a large run, shavings and straw bed. We dig worms for them every night, and they have been wormed with flubevenet, red mited with powder, have poultry spice added to their feed, also they are on stressless once a week. They have cooked veg like cabbage leaves, potatoes, spaghetti, corn and pasta at least twice a week. We read poultry magazines and my partners brother has Bantams so we have advice as and when necessary. Where have we gone wrong or were we just unlucky? Has anyone else lost a bird to a prolapse? Has anyone else had their hen put down by injection?
The vet said it was a big prolapse and didn't think there was much point doing anything, which I agreed with as we'd given her a lovely two short months of freedom and he thought she'd probably die under the anaethetic anyway. I know I sound very ignorant but do hens have only one opening for egg pooh and wee? I thought they would have two or even three but have never looked. They are fed the best layers mash, layers pellets, have access to good grit, water at all times, a sand bath, a large run, shavings and straw bed. We dig worms for them every night, and they have been wormed with flubevenet, red mited with powder, have poultry spice added to their feed, also they are on stressless once a week. They have cooked veg like cabbage leaves, potatoes, spaghetti, corn and pasta at least twice a week. We read poultry magazines and my partners brother has Bantams so we have advice as and when necessary. Where have we gone wrong or were we just unlucky? Has anyone else lost a bird to a prolapse? Has anyone else had their hen put down by injection?
