Chicken not eating and laying weird eggs! Help!!!

If your hen hasnt been eating, she's not getting enough nutrients/vitamins/minerals to properly lay an egg. What are you feeding her? Are there any symptoms of disease or parasites, what does her poop look like...color and consistancy. If you want help, help us as well with more info.

 

I would guess she must have worms if the owner hasn't dewormed her, among other things. She might also have a calcium deficiency. I would isolate her and give her water with vitamins and electrolytes and supplement her feed with a good dose of calcium - i use liquid human supplements in a situation like this. I would get the poop tested for parasites. If that's not an option and she is a free range chicken that hasn't been wormed, i would worm her with Valbazen - it kills most kinds of worms and works well.

If she's not eating you need to start moving fast.

 

I have used vetRX and had success with one of my chickens after dosing once with it.

 

could she be egg bound somehow? is there a mass you can feel in her abdomen?

you could try and drop feed her some gatorade if you don't have electrolytes - it may help her out at least to keep some hydration in. Though it doesn't sound like an optimistic situation at the moment .

 

If she is breathing with a whistling sound it may be a respiratory infection, which may be the reason she isn't eating- not feeling well. It is possible that she has worms and not a respiratory infection. I don't know.

Sorry to say that if she fails to eat she will not make it. You can try some scrambled egg to entice her to eat. Other than that if medications/dewormers are not an option then it is just a watch and wait situation.