Chicken Fetus??

[canadian flock]

I went in to put my hens away for the night and found one of my hens hunched half in half out of the nesting box. I took her out and she was lethargic at first so I put her under the heat lamp. Inside the box was a broken, soft shelled egg and this thing. It kind of looks like a chick fetus but she has had ZERO contact with my rooster who is separated due to some aggression issues, and she had just layed it. There was yoke on her butt and back of her legs but I wiped it off. Can anyone tell me what this is? It kind of lookslike a head with a beak on the top right of whatever it is.

 

[Kelsie2290]

That lump/egg looks like it might be what they call a lash or lash egg, Sometimes they come with an egg, sometimes they are just "laid" alone. They seem to think it is part of the lining of the hens reproductive system, often seems to happen with hens that are internal laying also. Old BYC thread on them and some links with other pics.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/473989/weird-egg-weird-clump-lash-graphic-pics
http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/an-egg-of-any-shape/
http://thehappyhens.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/lash-eggs-thank-goodness-theyre-rare/
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2014/12/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard.html
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/134/salpingitis

 

[canadian flock]

It seems that it is a Lash egg as described in the links. Some of them say that it is just a sign that the hen is at the end of egg laying life (She is close to 3 years old) so that makes sense. The others however say that it is a sign of infection that will likely kill her. Thanks for the links! I will have to do some more research and will keep watching her. Will post if anything changes, Thanks again!