Soft egg shell stuck in vent

[Sally PB]

Pippy ran out of the coop this morning and headed right for the food! She was even happy to take the amoxicillin from my fingers.

 

[Sammster]

Pippy ran out of the coop this morning and headed right for the food! She was even happy to take the amoxicillin from my fingers.

Yay!!

 

[Sally PB]

I think she's doing better! She was out and about, eating, drinking, sitting in the sunny spot. I tried to put some green food coloring on her vent, so I could see if she laid anything. I got some green on her butt feathers, on my fingers, on her vent....? not sure. I'll try again tomorrow.

She's getting Amoxicillin twice a day and a calcium pill. She'll take the Amox from my fingers, but I have to open her beak to get the calcium in.

She did spend a little time in the "leave me be spot" between the hay bale and the fence.

 

[Sally PB]

I gave Pip another calcim pill today. She doesn't like those; I have to pull down on her wattles and that's a battle. As far as I can tell, she has not passed anything other than poop. Nor have I seen her in either nest box. She will still take the amoxicillin gladly from my fingers.

I need to find some empty yellow capsules the same size as the mox. Then I could crush up a calcium tablet, fill the capsule, and maybe Pip would take that as easily. I tried cutting the calcium into 6 pieces. Nope, mom, Pippy don't wike it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Will she eat it pulverized in some scrambled egg, cream cheese, peanut butter, or wet feed? They also have calcium gluconate injectable at the feed store, and some give that orally. I will look up dosage if needed. Here is a post about injectable calcium gluconate dosage in post 16:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/egg-bound-hen-please-help-asap.809113/page-2

 

[Sally PB]

Will she eat it pulverized in some scrambled egg, cream cheese, peanut butter, or wet feed?

I could try that! Today is day 4 of calcium and amox. Is that enough with the calcium? 6 more days on amox.

 

[Eggcessive]

Since she hasn’t passed any more of that lash or membrane material, she probably doesn’t need more calcium. But if she passes any more, gets egg bound, or lays a shell-less egg, then I would give more.

 

[azygous]

All chickens are fans of peanut butter. Dip the calcium pill halves in peanut butter and hold it out to her on your palm. Other people have had luck slitting a grape and slipping the pill into the enticing little globe. You are smarter than a chicken.

 

[Sally PB]

All chickens are fans of peanut butter.

AHA! I did not know that. Thank you very much!

 

[Sally PB]

Pippy Update:

I found a broken, thin shelled egg in a nest box last Friday. I don't know who laid it. Pip usually laid in the other nest box, so maybe it wasn't hers? I haven't seen her in a nest box since before this all happened.

She is full of energy, is still taking the Amox from my finngers. Ten days on the Amox will end on Tuesday.

I'm cautiously very optimistic.