I noticed today that one of my Hens was acting lethargic and I hadn't seen her come down from the roost. I left her be for a while but when i gave the birds their treat she finally came out but was very slow moving and tired-acting. not really pale or anything but just wasn't acting active, like normal. I looked her over and i couldn't find any wounds but her belly did feed "full" and soft. When i was feeling around and lightly pressing to feel for an egg, some slimy dark yellow with white poo just kind of fell out of her behind.
She will be 1yr old on March 3rd
Buff Wyandotte
has been eating Nutrena "All Flock" fermented feed with access to free ranging.
internal laying is my only guess but i have never dealt with it before. I would GREATLY appreciate some help, she's one of my favorite girls.
She will be 1yr old on March 3rd
Buff Wyandotte
has been eating Nutrena "All Flock" fermented feed with access to free ranging.
internal laying is my only guess but i have never dealt with it before. I would GREATLY appreciate some help, she's one of my favorite girls.
SO for the past month or so she's been gavin soft shelled eggs. Weird, so we upped her calcium. Still no luck. Yesterday she was making noises like she needed to lay and egg but never did. Started getting mopey, not eating/drinking, fluffed feathers, sulking head her vent was doing the same puckering like fish lips when a fish is out of water, her eyes were just not responsive to me... like she was looking straight through me. I immediately started researching and came up with egg bound or egg peritonitis.. As far as I felt there was no inflammation or any lumps. Finally she laid a shell less egg, but was still not right. Her poops were runny and had yellow, like the chalky yellow color of a cooked egg yolk. This matched up with egg peritonitis symptoms... maybe an egg had popped and she was pooping yolk. I decided things couldn't wait. Took her to the vet, they ran a culture test and said she has a raging infection at her egg tube opening which causes it to malfunction and not shell eggs. The vet also said that many people misdiagnose this as egg peritonitis or being egg bound. Beep got a big shot of antibiotics and was better last night. If you have an avian vet, I would go. If not, antibiotics could't hurt. I hope this helps! Crazy out of all the hours of internet research i did, nothing was the same answer as the vet gave me. I hope your girls get better. 
