Red is suffering from a prolapsed vent again. I went through the same steps that I talked about in my previous
post. Some days she's better some days worse. I've bathed her twice now. The second time she relaxed a lot more. She was having a hard time pushing out her droppings, but she wasn't plugged. We got past that hurdle and she seems a bit better. I am concerned because she was on the nest yesterday and actually laid another egg. I think she needs time to heal. I read recently about seperating her from food for a day to break the egg laying...Also, that prolapse can be due to low calcium levels. I have been more dilligent about filling their oyster shell dish and hopefully that will help. I found a couple links to articles that may be helpful to others who may have this issue with their hens:
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