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The eggs she has laid so far have been well formed with thick, hard shells. I only tried once to identify if there was any egg debris inside her tract, and at first thought I had found some shell, but I think it was just hardened white poo. She's been pretty out of it all day, but has been...

Update and looking for more advice: I've given her three nice long warm baths, two with epsom salts. At the end of the first bath used some olive oil and went exploring. 'Didn't find an egg (only went in about an inch or so), but cleared out a small amount very foul smelling green and white...

Thank you. I'll do that right away.

I have a young silkie hen (about 7-8 months old) who has been laying consistently for about three weeks. In the last week she has been taking increasingly longer time to lay, up to several hours, and seems to be straining a lot, even after laying. Yesterday she sat all day, all last night, and...