Hen pooping eggs. I think she will die :'(

I'd still encourage antibiotics. A broken egg can certainly damage them internally, leading to infection.

I found her this morning...

I'm so sorry for your loss. She's on her way to rainbow bridge where she will be waiting for you.

Keep well and stay safe,
Bridie

Thank you.

I am truly sorry to hear of your loss of your hen. In the early fall, we had one of our RIR hens become sick. She was listless and standing around while the rest of the gang was busy foraging around looking for snacks. I witnessed her poop what appeared to be a gelatinous poo that was clear with what appeared to be ribbons of lemony colored "cooked" egg yolk running through it. I posted a thread on this forum and was told that it could be egg yolk peritonitis. I believe that it was casportpony that recommended that she be treated with antibiotics. We found penicillin at our local Tractor Supply in the livestock med refrigerated case. We called our vet to confirm the diagnosis. He referred to the internet to figure out how to treat her. He ended up on this web site, on this forum. He checked a med index to see the dosage recommended for chickens (( cant remember off hand now what it was exactly) and we treated the hen by giving her injections into the breast muscle once daily. First for 5 days but when she only showed slight improvement we added another 2 days of treatment. She slowly came back to herself. We still have her, she is with our other 16 hens. I'm not sure if she is still laying eggs or not. I really don't care if she never lays another egg,, as long as she continues to be healthy. I would not have been able to spend $500 for veterinary care for my hen either. We are fortunate to have a very longstanding relationship with our vet (over 40yrs) and he was willing to give all the med advice he could over the phone. I realize that you have already had a loss, and that my post comes a little too late, but I thought I would share my experience with you in case you ever have to go through this again. I was also told by the vet, and those that helped me with their advice on this forum, that the chances were pretty good that if my hen survived, she would probably continue to have problems with internal laying in the future and that it would probably eventually take her life. I am just glad that we were able to treat her and give her a little more time here on earth. I wish I could have helped you to do the same for your hen. You got good advice here from what I could tell. She must have had a pretty serious infection.

That's the trouble with having pets. They can't tell you what's wrong, kind of like an infant,. I guess with experience comes knowledge. Not that that's any consolation. My heart goes out to you.