Egg Bound(?) Help

Chickeemariee

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Hi everyone, was just thinking how lucky I was I haven't had to post here in a while and then of course my chickens must have read my mind.
I have a chicken that is normally my neurotic, food hungry, in my face-dinosaur chicken that when I went back this morning was a bit lethargic. She was walked around a bit slower with a stance I can only describe as it looked like she had something up her butt-not the penguin stance ive seen egg bounders take before. at one point there was red (looked like vent skin not her organs) sticking out of her vent and I ran to wash my hands to come back and try to push that in but when I came back it was back inside her. her poops are green with a little hint of yellow and mucus and there was mucus hanging out of her butt that I wiped off. I made a scrambled egg, greek yogurt, crushed calcium pill +D3 and she ate that quite happily and eats mealworms but doesn't show much interest in her normal food. I tried soaking her but she got stressed so I put her in a separate cage next to the coop so she can see her friends, but has her own quiet space, food, and water. I am cutting a hole in the lid of the bucket so I can better soak her with epsom salt for 15 mins before I headed to work but any more advice? I plan on lubing her vent with olive oil if anyone has any advice about how to do that best? As always so grateful for this community and all of you that walked so the rest of us could run <3
 
Okay I came back out and this poop was in her isolated area, looks like the egg broke and she’s passing it. She actually seems a tad less lethargic now. The second poop I watched her poop out, so I know it came after the egg one and it seems more normal than her previous. Should I soak her again or what are your guys reccomendations, I don’t wanna do too much but I also don’t want to neglect this
 

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I don’t soak sick chickens. If you’re worried she’s egg-bound calcium citrate for a week is more reliable.
 

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