Egg bound

[Amy King]

Hello I need advice. My ISA brown has been on a forever molt. Going on 2 years now. She’s been treated for lice and mites several times. That’s not the issue. After this falls molt she started feather up and I was hopeful but late last week I noticed she is again bald on her neck, back and belly. I don’t ever really see anyone picking on her. I brought her in to see if I kept her separated she would grow her feathers. On day 2 I put her back out because I felt bad. She is my super layer. She lays an egg everyday give or take a day here and there and her eggs are huge. For the 2 days she was inside she did not lay. Today I noticed she was just standing under a bush with her eyes closed. Not normal as she’s very busy when free ranging. I brought her inside and soaked her. She had some whitish clear looking liquid coming out her vent and was thinking gleet. I put rubber gloves on and Vaseline and could feel the egg very close to the opening. I gave her crushed tums and continue to lube her up and massage her gentle. She passed the egg finally. Yay. But the immediately passed a soft broken egg. I’m concerned because I’ve read that a chicken can die if an egg breaks inside of them. I don’t know what to do. I have her separated for the night. Any recommendations.

 

[Eggcessive]

If ahe has been laying eggs, she is not molting. But she could be getting her feathers pulled out by others. It sounds like she is having some egg laying problems. I would consider starting some antibiotics, such as Fish Mox amoxicillin. That could help treat any infection in the reproductive tract. You can sometimes find that innfeed stores or online. I would give her some human calcium 1/2 tablet for the next 3 days. Make sure that she is drinking water.