Chicken egg bound (I think) with bony ridge running from neck to legs

[Ckrich]

I have run out of ideas if anyone has suggestions. I have had chickens for two years now but never had an egg bound hen, so I'm guessing based on symptoms.

• Approx. 8-10 mo olive egger about the size of a cream legbar
• Runny, smelly diarrhea, multi colored brown/whitish/yellowish. Not moving much. Strains off and on. Not eating or drinking that I've seen. I cannot find an egg shaped mass, only a long bony ridge that protrudes at least an inch starting around base of neck all the way under the belly.
• No other birds exhibiting same symptoms (total of 31)
• Started showing symptoms yesterday. I did notice her nesting for the first time on Fri. with no egg resulting.
• She is on a hand mixed feed from a feed mill plus oyster shells always available.
• 560 sq ft coop with outside fenced area. Currently has gravel, wood chips and some straw got accidentally spread in one area.

Treatment so far:

• Put in separate pen with water with vitamins added
• Food mixed with powdered calcium (don't think she's eating)
• Eye dropper of water with dissolved calcium last night and this morning (she does swallow it)
• Last night 20 min epsom salt soak, dabbed oil on vent
• This morning 20 min epsom salt soak again, bony ridge seems more defined

Pictures not the greatest but I'll try. First picture is runny diarrhea. Second picture is her belly with the ridge, but hard to see.

 

[ali04]

https://www.thechickentractor.com.au/how-to-help-an-egg-bound-chicken/ I am not sure if this helps and it sounds like you did a lot on list. Hope all goes well I would say make sure that you keep up the routine to make sure that it just takes time and monitoring to make sure she does not get worse.

 

[ali04]

https://www.thechickentractor.com.au/how-to-help-an-egg-bound-chicken/ I am not sure if this helps and it sounds like you did a lot on list. Hope all goes well I would say make sure that you keep up the routine to make sure that it just takes time and monitoring to make sure she does not get worse.

also https://www.chickensandmore.com/egg-bound-chicken/ is help to show what an egg bound chicken looks like.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is the bony ridge her keel bone (breast bone?) Can you post a picture of her droppings? I would consider cancer or a reproductive disorder/infection as a possibility. Have you wormed her recently or had her poops checked for coccidiosis and worms? If you offer a wet mash of chicken feed and water, and a little scrambled egg will she eat? Can you feel her crop and tell us what it feels like? Does it empty by the next morning?

 

[Ckrich]

Is the bony ridge her keel bone (breast bone?) Can you post a picture of her droppings? I would consider cancer or a reproductive disorder/infection as a possibility. Have you wormed her recently or had her poops checked for coccidiosis and worms? If you offer a wet mash of chicken feed and water, and a little scrambled egg will she eat? Can you feel her crop and tell us what it feels like? Does it empty by the next morning?

Ok, I just got back home to check her again. You are right, I believe the ridge is her keel bone after looking at diagrams. I compared it to other chickens and it might be a little more prominent, but not a lot. I put diatomaceous earth in their feed most mornings and do ivermectin in their water April and Oct (have not done this month yet). She did not get the ivermectin in Oct., though, as I got her as a pullet a month later. It looks like she might have eaten some of the feed while I was gone, I will try the wet mash now. Her crop does not feel full at all and I have not noticed it full in the mornings, I feel like that is ok as I know better what to look for with crop issues from past chickens.
Pictures are the droppings on her backside as of now. She also had a squishy but solid mass in the bedding now that was new so I'm adding that picture. Otherwise I don't see any runny droppings in the bedding, just on her right now. Thank you for the help!