Poor thing!
Can you tell if the yellowish gritty stuff is egg matter or lash material versus urates?
Can you tell if the yellowish gritty stuff is egg matter or lash material versus urates?
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I took this pic of her today. I don’t think it is egg matter. When I was inserting my finger it feels like the gritty stuff is around the edges of her inside lining. I also thought she had white poop stuck so I gently tried to wipe it away from the center of her vent but it felt like part of her flesh (like the tip of a finger almost).Poor thing!
Can you tell if the yellowish gritty stuff is egg matter or lash material versus urates?
Poor girl!ALERT!! Graphic images!!!
Here is where we are at with Opie. I was able to help assist in the egg-laying but it was a normal egg that she lays any other day. Pics are of what her vent looks like now. She is still trying to push and pushed out a blood clot. I tried cleaning her vent with a saline rinse. I’m at home with my children and can’t get to the store for another hour or so.
She is also quite warm in her vent but we do live in the desert and it’s warm.
what do I do?
https://youtube.com/shorts/5RXR-wCUoOY
This is very helpful info. Thank you. I so appreciate it.Poor girl!
So she was able to lay an egg today?
I'm sorry, I wish I could see the video, but it says it's private.
The hard gritty part at the top I would suspect is hardened urates and poop or possibly a mixture with lash material or a membrane if it's rubbery, so hard to know. Looking at it, I would say that's what she's feeling and trying to push out. You can try working some oil around that to see if it will loosen up and finally release.
The blood clot is concerning to me. She may have a rupture somewhere or it may just be an accumulation from the injury.
I would be inclined to administer an antibiotic. Amoxicillin would be good, but usually that needs to be ordered online. Do you have anything on hand?
At this point, I think you are doing everything you can for her. I do understand, it can be stressful not only for the hen, but for the keeper as well. It would be warm in the vent, not sure if you have a thermometer, but an adult hen's normal body temp ranges 105-107F.
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Seriously! I feel the same way! Thank you. She has always been a sweet girl so I want her to pull through.Oh my gosh! That poor girl! I'm having labor flashbacks.......
I am following and rooting for you!!!
Fish Mox I was able to get at TSC it’s the same as amoxicillin. They do my had 500mg and our girl needed 250mg so we had to split it up. I’m hoping your girl gets better!This is very helpful info. Thank you. I so appreciate it.
I don’t have any amoxicillin on hand. I do have colloidal silver...? I also read something about a fish antibiotic you can get at the store. Would either of those work?
I will rub some coconut oil on the hard stuff tomorrow. She pooped some after Ihelped her lay the egg and some of it was hard. A few hours later she pooped more of a light beige color liquid. I did give her coconut oil in hopes to help her crop empty and anything else move through her and was thinking maybe that’s why it is so light. It does smell pretty bad.
Is it likely she will produce another egg? I’m afraid of this as it was so hard for her to lay this one. I have been keeping her in a low lit room.
I hope I’m doing the right thing. I’m a first timer with a flock and it seems I have been through the ringer so far with my girls.