Chicken illness or lash egg?

[shakin_the_trees]

What do you think it is? Lash? Something else? No rancid smell. To scared to cut it open. Found on my droppings board. To note. I have 5 pullets ready to lay any day now, 9 laying hens (minus molting ones) and 2 roo. One around 20 wks. one or 2 birds that Ive noticed have had runny diarrhea and Cecal like diarrhea. Help!

 

[shakin_the_trees]

I ended up cutting it open. Looks like lash kind of? I then caught one of my pullets dropping this poo and standing upright. Is she the culprit? Or do I have 2 issues?

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes that appears to be lash material. That could be the hen. The dropping appears to be yellow which could be a sign of reproductive infection. The upright posture sometimes is seen in hens with internal laying. I would be tempted to start an antibiotic such as amoxicillin (Aqua Mox 250 mg twice a day for 10 days) or enrofloxacin 10% (1/4 ml orally twice a day for 5 days) unless you don’t approve of antibiotic use. Those may be found online.

 

[Eggcessive]

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[shakin_the_trees]

Yes that appears to be lash material. That could be the hen. The dropping appears to be yellow which could be a sign of reproductive infection. The upright posture sometimes is seen in hens with internal laying. I would be tempted to start an antibiotic such as amoxicillin (Aqua Mox 250 mg twice a day for 10 days) or enrofloxacin 10% (1/4 ml orally twice a day for 5 days) unless you don’t approve of antibiotic use. Those may be found online.

So I am not opposed to using antibiotics. Is it going to help? Or just prolong the inevitable? Is she an internal layer? She seems to be acting completely normal besides the standing weird and yellow poops. and she hasn't started laying eggs yet, but is 22 weeks old. I just want to make sure I am giving the antibiotics to the right bird.

 

[Eggcessive]

If we could figure out what exactly was going on, that can help. Antibiotics may extend her life, but hard to know. Reproductive disorders are usually in chickens a bit older, but they can occasionally happen to a young pullet before she lays. Most of the time after we lose them, we can do a home necropsy to look at the organs, and try to figure out what was going on. The best way is to have your state vet lab perform the necropsy with their expertise.