Egg break inside / soft shell

[Skibum]

Did the vet give you a copy of the imaging?
This would be interesting to see.

How is Genny acting? If she's eating/drinking on her own, can walk and move about, I'd be inclined to put her with her flock, let her do her chicken thing. You can pull her out a couple of times a day to give meds.

No and tbh I was a little too distraught with the terrible prognosis to really see how they knew the egg was broken.

Symptoms this AM:
Eggy diarrhea butt
discolored comb
Lethargic
Slightly swollen / warm abdomen
Little interest in eating or drinking

After I soaked her her comb color returned to normal. When I got back from the vet she had really perked up was eating and drinking on her own and was scratching and rubbing her face doing normal chicken stuff. Today she only pooped when I was examining her vent and same at the vet then she pooped once during her perkier phase.

 

[Skibum]

Did the vet give you a copy of the imaging?
This would be interesting to see.

How is Genny acting? If she's eating/drinking on her own, can walk and move about, I'd be inclined to put her with her flock, let her do her chicken thing. You can pull her out a couple of times a day to give meds.

I live in a very cold climate so I will be keeping her indoors for a few days (if she makes it that long) to give her whatever fighting chance she has.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

No and tbh I was a little too distraught with the terrible prognosis to really see how they knew the egg was broken.

Symptoms this AM:
Eggy diarrhea butt
discolored comb
Lethargic
Slightly swollen / warm abdomen
Little interest in eating or drinking

After I soaked her her comb color returned to normal. When I got back from the vet she had really perked up was eating and drinking on her own and was scratching and rubbing her face doing normal chicken stuff. Today she only pooped when I was examining her vent and same at the vet then she pooped once during her perkier phase.

Are you in the U.S.?
If you are, I'd order some Amoxicillin and get her started on an antibiotic. https://fishmoxfishflex.com/collections/amoxicillin-fish-antibiotics

If you have antibiotics on hand already, let us know what you have.

I'd get some Calcium Citrate with D3 and give her 1 tablet daily for at least week.
Keep her hydrated and eating.

What do you normally feed, including treats?

The antibiotic and calcium may not help, but they are worth a shot.

I'm still not understanding how they know an egg broke higher up than you can feel. Do they see a shell still in the oviduct? It almost sounds like you are dealing with Salpingitis instead of a broken egg. The poop would make a bit more sense too.
Sometimes if caught early, the antibiotic may help with the inflammation. Calcium can help with contractions to see if she's able to expel the "egg" or lash material or whatever is in there.

It would be worth you getting a look at those images so you know what they are talking about. And, not to sound morbid, but if you lose her, then a necropsy would be very telling. I and many others here prefer to do our own so we can have a look for ourselves to see if we can figure out what happened, this is not for everyone of course, but something for you to think about. Your state lab should also offer diagnostics/necropsy and will give you a report if you prefer to go that route. Me, I want to see.

 

[Skibum]

Are you in the U.S.?
If you are, I'd order some Amoxicillin and get her started on an antibiotic. https://fishmoxfishflex.com/collections/amoxicillin-fish-antibiotics

If you have antibiotics on hand already, let us know what you have.

I'd get some Calcium Citrate with D3 and give her 1 tablet daily for at least week.
Keep her hydrated and eating.

What do you normally feed, including treats?

The antibiotic and calcium may not help, but they are worth a shot.

I'm still not understanding how they know an egg broke higher up than you can feel. Do they see a shell still in the oviduct? It almost sounds like you are dealing with Salpingitis instead of a broken egg. The poop would make a bit more sense too.
Sometimes if caught early, the antibiotic may help with the inflammation. Calcium can help with contractions to see if she's able to expel the "egg" or lash material or whatever is in there.

It would be worth you getting a look at those images so you know what they are talking about. And, not to sound morbid, but if you lose her, then a necropsy would be very telling. I and many others here prefer to do our own so we can have a look for ourselves to see if we can figure out what happened, this is not for everyone of course, but something for you to think about. Your state lab should also offer diagnostics/necropsy and will give you a report if you prefer to go that route. Me, I want to see.

Yes I am in NW Colorado

You could see the egg on the ultra sound. It didn’t look particuarly broken to me but like I said they were throwing a lot of info at me fast and I wasn’t taking it so well sooo I didn’t get a great look.

The vet gave me antibiotics. It is called Tylosin. I also purchased calcium citrate thanks to others responses and reading relevant threads. I wasn’t able to get her to take it while today so I crushed it up in her mash but I can try again tomorrow. I was just so glad she was eating and drinking I didn’t want to distress her so much with the pill that she’d stop.

I did kill and butcher my asshole excess rooster about a month ago but idk if I’ll be able to do a necropsy on this one myself as she is my favorite hen and it’s pretty emotional for me. I’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

I’ll look into Salpingitus

 

[Skibum]

Yes I am in NW Colorado

You could see the egg on the ultra sound. It didn’t look particuarly broken to me but like I said they were throwing a lot of info at me fast and I wasn’t taking it so well sooo I didn’t get a great look.

The vet gave me antibiotics. It is called Tylosin. I also purchased calcium citrate thanks to others responses and reading relevant threads. I wasn’t able to get her to take it while today so I crushed it up in her mash but I can try again tomorrow. I was just so glad she was eating and drinking I didn’t want to distress her so much with the pill that she’d stop.

I did kill and butcher my asshole excess rooster about a month ago but idk if I’ll be able to do a necropsy on this one myself as she is my favorite hen and it’s pretty emotional for me. I’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

I’ll look into Salpingitus

Her last egg was 3 days ago and she usually lays 4 eggs a week just about

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes I am in NW Colorado

You could see the egg on the ultra sound. It didn’t look particuarly broken to me but like I said they were throwing a lot of info at me fast and I wasn’t taking it so well sooo I didn’t get a great look.

The vet gave me antibiotics. It is called Tylosin. I also purchased calcium citrate thanks to others responses and reading relevant threads. I wasn’t able to get her to take it while today so I crushed it up in her mash but I can try again tomorrow. I was just so glad she was eating and drinking I didn’t want to distress her so much with the pill that she’d stop.

I did kill and butcher my asshole excess rooster about a month ago but idk if I’ll be able to do a necropsy on this one myself as she is my favorite hen and it’s pretty emotional for me. I’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

I’ll look into Salpingitus

I'd get that Calcium into her.
It would be interesting to see the location of the egg, whether it was in the oviduct or the abdomen. If in the oviduct, hopefully she can expel it.
If in the abdomen, then not possible, but not always a death sentence either, at least not right away.
Still possible it could be a lash egg, my limited understanding is they can look like a shelled egg on imaging.
Time will tell here I think.

It's completely understandable not being able to do a necropsy on a favorite hen. I have done this and it's not an easy thing to do.
LOL It's easier to process those roosters though. Been there done that too

 

[Skibum]

I'd get that Calcium into her.
It would be interesting to see the location of the egg, whether it was in the oviduct or the abdomen. If in the oviduct, hopefully she can expel it.
If in the abdomen, then not possible, but not always a death sentence either, at least not right away.
Still possible it could be a lash egg, my limited understanding is they can look like a shelled egg on imaging.
Time will tell here I think.

It's completely understandable not being able to do a necropsy on a favorite hen. I have done this and it's not an easy thing to do.
LOL It's easier to process those roosters though. Been there done that too

If I remember correctly it was about an inch (maybe a little more) below the wings closer to the spine than the bottom of her belly if that helps at all…. Too high for the vet or I to feel through the vent w finger.

 

[Skibum]

Genny is active and alert this morning. I woke up early to spend some time with her before I have to go to work she is not super interested in eating but I did see her drink. Her abdomen is slightly more swollen than yesterday. Only one small yellow poop last night but she did pass this a moment ago. I know things still aren’t great but I figured I’d update y’all. I will give her calcium and anti biotics before leaving.

 

[JoeCT]

Go Genny!

 

[Skibum]

Are you in the U.S.?
If you are, I'd order some Amoxicillin and get her started on an antibiotic. https://fishmoxfishflex.com/collections/amoxicillin-fish-antibiotics

If you have antibiotics on hand already, let us know what you have.

I'd get some Calcium Citrate with D3 and give her 1 tablet daily for at least week.
Keep her hydrated and eating.

What do you normally feed, including treats?

The antibiotic and calcium may not help, but they are worth a shot.

I'm still not understanding how they know an egg broke higher up than you can feel. Do they see a shell still in the oviduct? It almost sounds like you are dealing with Salpingitis instead of a broken egg. The poop would make a bit more sense too.
Sometimes if caught early, the antibiotic may help with the inflammation. Calcium can help with contractions to see if she's able to expel the "egg" or lash material or whatever is in there.

It would be worth you getting a look at those images so you know what they are talking about. And, not to sound morbid, but if you lose her, then a necropsy would be very telling. I and many others here prefer to do our own so we can have a look for ourselves to see if we can figure out what happened, this is not for everyone of course, but something for you to think about. Your state lab should also offer diagnostics/necropsy and will give you a report if you prefer to go that route. Me, I want to see.

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