Bloody vent - prolapse

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Happy
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Re: Bloody vent - prolapse

Post by Happy » Fri May 25, 2018 2:52 pm

Hmmm is the aggressor one with a fuzzy butt? Someone has pulled feathers out of that bum or the hen herself has by scratching. I still wonder if you don’t have a mite or lice issue. I don’t think that caused your poor girls prolapse but it could cause scabs on her vent for sure. I don’t doubt youve checked and checked! They can be very hard to spot though. Especially lice. That poor girls back end looks sore.
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Re: Bloody vent - prolapse

Post by windwalkingwolf » Fri May 25, 2018 3:37 pm

Those definitely look like peck wounds. Good news is, they should heal up just fine as long as the other birds don't make it worse.
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Re: Bloody vent - prolapse

Post by labradors » Fri May 25, 2018 3:44 pm

Thanks ladies. Yes fuzzy butts did this to them both! Guess I will have to powder them some more. I did suspect the second bird had lice, and I powdered them all, then forgot to do the second dusting in ten days time. I actually did it fourteen days later.

We are building a new coop, so I obviously don't want to transfer any "nasty" bugs to that!

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