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we took her to the vet today and he was able to get the egg out! It was a fluke he thinks and the egg was just really big. he took her home with him and I think we'll just have her on antibiotics and maybe pain medicine for a week. He expects her to make a full recovery. Thank you so much for...

inside her vent.

Thanks. she has some weird looking poop and brown stuff on her vent, even after i cleaned her off. If i soak her, will she get to cold? I brought her inside and she is in my room. The only problem is that our house is really drafty and it gets cold at night.

I have a eight month old bantam hen who has an inflamed vent that is swollen has poop outside it and has a lump, possibly an egg. we had a hen die over christmas but I never figured out what the problem was, we had a friend feeding for us. She was the same age. Any suggestions? Does she need...