3 year old Red Star passed a rubber egg shell, and isn't laying

[marjica]

My Red Star, Rosie, has something going on. I love my chickens, I have four, but I know I'm far from knowledgeable about a lot of things to do with them. For the past week I could tell she didn't feel great, her tail feathers were pointing down, hunched over in the butt area, her butt a little dirty. Then Thursday, she passed a rubber egg shell, I saw her standing and pulsing the vent, it wasn't right, so checked and saw a deflated rubber shell was coming out, so I helped that come out, and I hoped maybe that would be the start of recovery. But she's still not right, she'll stay in the run when the other three come out for a walk. I've upped the calcium, not a drench, but sprinkled on the food. I have been mixing some probiotics into the water. Tomorrow I will try a nice bath with epsom salts. I look forward to hearing any advice. Thank you.

 

[nuthatched]

Was it a whole egg or just the shell? You may need antibiotics if there's broken egg in her.

 

[marjica]

My Red Star, Rosie, has something going on. I love my chickens, I have four, but I know I'm far from knowledgeable about a lot of things to do with them. For the past week I could tell she didn't feel great, her tail feathers were pointing down, hunched over in the butt area, her butt a little dirty. Then Thursday, she passed a rubber egg shell, I saw her standing and pulsing the vent, it wasn't right, so checked and saw a deflated rubber shell was coming out, so I helped that come out, and I hoped maybe that would be the start of recovery. But she's still not right, she'll stay in the run when the other three come out for a walk. I've upped the calcium, not a drench, but sprinkled on the food. I have been mixing some probiotics into the water. Tomorrow I will try a nice bath with epsom salts. I look forward to hearing any advice. Thank you.

Was it a whole egg or just the shell? You may need antibiotics if there's broken egg in her.

It was just a collapsed soft shell ...

 

[nuthatched]

It was just a collapsed soft shell ...

Likely has egg in her, she needs to be on antibiotics like amoxocillan

 

[marjica]

Likely has egg in her, she needs to be on antibiotics like amoxocillan

 

[marjica]

I saw a post with a very similar issue and someone mentioned Aqua Mox as the amoxicillin

 

[Kiki]

My Red Star, Rosie, has something going on. I love my chickens, I have four, but I know I'm far from knowledgeable about a lot of things to do with them. For the past week I could tell she didn't feel great, her tail feathers were pointing down, hunched over in the butt area, her butt a little dirty. Then Thursday, she passed a rubber egg shell, I saw her standing and pulsing the vent, it wasn't right, so checked and saw a deflated rubber shell was coming out, so I helped that come out, and I hoped maybe that would be the start of recovery. But she's still not right, she'll stay in the run when the other three come out for a walk. I've upped the calcium, not a drench, but sprinkled on the food. I have been mixing some probiotics into the water. Tomorrow I will try a nice bath with epsom salts. I look forward to hearing any advice. Thank you.

Do not give your chicken a bath if she is sick because doing so could stress her out and actually kill her.

What exactly have you been feeding your flock over the years?

 

[marjica]

Grubbly Farms pellets. some organic scratch feed, watermelon and U.S. sourced grubs for treats

 

[Kiki]

Grubbly Farms pellets. some organic scratch feed, watermelon and U.S. sourced grubs for treats

Do you feed scratch and treats daily?
If so, I would stop completely.
Feeding treats daily. Not only takes away from the bird getting a balanced diet, but it will cause issues in the long run, especially if you're feeding over a small teeny tiny spoonful of treats per bird per day.

 

[Kiki]

I don't know if these are the exact grubs you're talking about, but I'd like to point out this:

https://grubblyfarms.com/products/grubblies

Extremely high in fat.