Constipation

[PhenixJiRa]

Hello again.
This is a continuation of my other post about my chicken named spitfire.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-or-health-issue.1543328/page-2#post-26053354
She won’t eat chicken feed and really only wants protein.
Today I found that she was straining to go to the bathroom. I brought her inside and felt around inside her vent but I can literally only get in there maybe half an inch. She has not laid an egg for five weeks and so I’m thinking she might be constipated.
I gave her some coconut oil as that is what I’m finding online.

I’m at a loss when it comes to her food and now she’s constipated or something else is going on. If there is an egg in there, I have no idea how long it would have been in there and I cannot feel anything.

This picture is of her after I gave her a bath and tried to feel around.

Thoughts?

 

[dawg53]

Give her some applesauce mixed in her feed to eat. Applesauce acts as a mild laxative in chickens.

 

[PhenixJiRa]

Give her some applesauce mixed in her feed to eat. Applesauce acts as a mild laxative in chickens.

Really? Well then off to the store. I wonder if that will also get her to eat her feed. She has avoided it for weeks now.

 

[dawg53]

Really? Well then off to the store. I wonder if that will also get her to eat her feed. She has avoided it for weeks now.

If the applesauce doesnt work, go to this link and scroll down to LAXATIVE SOLUTIONS:
http://extension.msstate.edu/content/solutions-and-treatments

 

[Eggcessive]

My picky chickens always would eat their feed if I added water to a small amount in a pan. A spoonful of plain yogurt mixed in makes it interesting, and adds probiotics. Some hens and roosters get really constipated, and urates can solidify inside the vent. A lubricated finger with a disposable glove on is a good way to clean it out physically. Coconut oil chilled and cut into small pieces to peck can lubricate the droppings.

 

[PhenixJiRa]

I bought some molasses but of course she has no interest in that. I added it to water. Is there an easy way to get chickens to consume this besides forcing it down their throat?