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I am so very sorry. You gave her all you could, esp love. She knew how much you loved her. You can take comfort I knowing that not only did you do everything you could, but also that she is no longer suffering. :hugs

I am so sorry. I hope she gets better throughout the day. EYP is hard to overcome. Are you still on the amoxicillin? Is her crop sour? Are you still massaging it. Is she passing any poop?

Sounds like she is on the mend. Poop will be a reflection of what she is eating. If she is mostly eating lots of liquid based things you can expect her poops to be watery. I am not sure the effect sitting in the crop has on consistency of food once it starts to move. Glad she is feeling...

How is your hen @Gendro ? Praying she is getting better.

I am glad you see progress in her. @Wyorp Rock had some good advice about coconut oil and massaging her crop. If you freeze the coconut oil and cut it up in small pieces she will probably eat it straight from your hand. I think they like the taste and texture. Coconut oil solidifies at about...

I found this from @Wyorp Rock on the dosage and duration of the amoxicillin. Amoxicillin dose is 57mg per pound of weight, given orally twice a day for 7-10 days.

Do you know how long was the soft shell inside her? Broken shells inside can lead to egg yolk peritonitis (EYP) or EYP can lead to soft shell eggs that break when the hen tries to expel it. How do her poops look? Are you still seeing yellow urates? If you are she is still fighting the...

Yes. I had to pull out some of the soft shell. I did a 7 day round of amoxicillin and she is fine now. I gave 200mg 2x daily along with a full tablet of Calcium Citrate + D3. Hope your hen bounces back.

Thanks. Old post, she is fine now after antibiotic treatment. Sometimes old post show up on my feed. I always have to look at the date before posting. :)

Thank you. I have learned a lot over the past two year from the good people on this forum! Should I keep her confined until her poop returns to normal so I know that she is on the mend?

One of my ~2yr old Black Australorp chickens had part of a soft shell sticking out of her vent. Yesterday, this particular hen jumped up on a rock next to where we were sitting and let us pick her up. This is not normal for our chickens. While they are people friendly they are not lap...