Hen just sitting listless with humped back.

[alinas2010]

She just laid a relatively large soft-shell egg. I'll post pictures in a minute.

Do y'all think she's okay to go back in the coop?

I think yes, sometimes it’s less stressful to be with their friends in a familiar place you could maybe monitor for a few more hours and make sure she doesn’t have another egg backed up?

 

[The Welch Chickens]

I think yes, sometimes it’s less stressful to be with their friends in a familiar place you could maybe monitor for a few more hours and make sure she doesn’t have another egg backed up?

Ok.

I might be able to monitor for a little while, but the sun is setting here.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Here’s the egg.

Should I try giving her more calcium in case there is another egg?

 

[alinas2010]

Edit to add, I don’t think you need to give more calcium now if she seems okay.

But I do keep giving calcium for a few days afterwards just to help them catch up and avoid any further egg binding. What really helped us in the long run is cutting back on treats, though. Is she perked up now?

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Is she perked up now?

Yes. She looks great; no more drooping. She's eating some scrambled eggs with eggshells in them and some mash with crushed calcium tablet.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Edit to add, I don’t think you need to give more calcium now if she seems okay.

Ok

 

[tripletfeb]

Give her one calcium tablet every day until she lays normal hard shelled eggs again

 

[alinas2010]

Yes. She looks great; no more drooping. She's eating some scrambled eggs with eggshells in them and some mash with crushed calcium tablet.

Yay! I’m so glad she got through this!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

When they look "humpy" like that, it's often the first sign that they're in pain or otherwise not feeling well. Another sign to look for is a tail pointing down at the ground.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She just laid a relatively large soft-shell egg. I'll post pictures in a minute.

Do y'all think she's okay to go back in the coop?

She looks great; no more drooping.

Give her one calcium tablet every day until she lays normal hard shelled eggs again

This!!
Give her Extra Calcium daily for at least a week. You don't have to crush the tablet, just pull down on the wattles, pop the tablet into the beak and let her swallow.

Now, remember how she looked today, store this in your chicken memory bank - associate the symptoms, behavior and stance you saw today and how you treated her for future episodes. I promise, it will come in handy.