If you keep chickens, then it’s most likely that from time to time one of those chickens will become unwell and need your help. Maybe you’ll be lucky and that will never happen, but I think it’s a good idea to be prepared. There’s no way that I’m a qualified vet and I suggest you to always seek proper veterinary advice when it’s needed and available, but sometimes you just need to know what to do to help your chicken.
A "prolapse" is when a bit of tissue that should be inside, hangs outside. In this case a section of the oviduct has failed to retract back inside the cloaca after laying an egg. This can be more likely in hens who started to lay at a young age, are overweight, lay soft-shelled eggs, or if the use of artificial lighting is putting a strain on egg laying. And once a hen has had a prolapse, it's likely to happen to her again.
It can be very severe if other chickens peck at the prolapsed tissue but this was just a mild case.
The prolapsed tissue just needs to be pushed back in, taking care to keep the two passages to the oviduct and the large intestine free and untangled.
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