Egg break inside / soft shell

[Wyorp Rock]

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Thank you for this. I see now.
I'm hoping that she may be able to expel that.

 

[Skibum]

Thank you for this. I see now.
I'm hoping that she may be able to expel that.

Is it by her knee joint? I’m now sort of having a hard time deciphering the image.

She had a stinky more cecal looking poop today which gives me some small optimism. We have passed 24 hours. We will see what tomorrow brings. Still no shell expelled unless it’s hiding in poops. She didn’t eat or drink all the much today which obviously isn’t great. Preparing for the worst. Luckily I have tomorrow off to be with her and baby her.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is it by her knee joint? I’m now sort of having a hard time deciphering the image.

She had a stinky more cecal looking poop today which gives me some small optimism. We have passed 24 hours. We will see what tomorrow brings. Still no shell expelled unless it’s hiding in poops. She didn’t eat or drink all the much today which obviously isn’t great. Preparing for the worst. Luckily I have tomorrow off to be with her and baby her.

No, I don't think so. That looks more like where the Gizzard is unless I'm looking at it incorrectly, but I'm not a vet.

Cecal poop is good. I'd push fluids onto her. Electrolytes or a little sugar water may be more interesting to her to drink.

Let's tag in @coach723 and @Eggcessive to see what they have to say.

 

[Eggcessive]

I don’t have much to add to what Wyorp Rock and others have said. I can tell anything from the xrays. I would give calcium orally once a day, place her back with her flock in the coop, so that she doesn’t lose her place in the pecking order and keeps used to the cold temps, and watch her closely.

 

[Skibum]

@Jgarza77

Still standing and alert this AM doesn’t seem to have much appetite. I took the day off work to try to get her to eat/ drink as much as I can. I appreciate other recommendations to return her to the flock. I’ll get her back out there soon it’s just so much easier to monitor and do meds etc inside and I’d rather see her get through this before exposing her to my rooster.

 

[Skibum]

@Jgarza77

Still standing and alert this AM doesn’t seem to have much appetite. I took the day off work to try to get her to eat/ drink as much as I can. I appreciate other recommendations to return her to the flock. I’ll get her back out there soon it’s just so much easier to monitor and do meds etc inside and I’d rather see her get through this before exposing her to my rooster.

I also just want to say thank you to those who have answered questions and been there with me through this. It feels so much better than trouble shooting and going through this entirely on my own.

 

[JoeCT]

Go Genny!

 

[coach723]

I also don't see anything obvious on the xrays. I would be inclined to use either amoxicillin or Baytril (enrofloxacin) rather than Tylosin though, since this is a suspected egg/reproductive issue. And the calcium daily to see if it helps expel anything that's there.

 

[Skibum]

I also don't see anything obvious on the xrays. I would be inclined to use either amoxicillin or Baytril (enrofloxacin) rather than Tylosin though, since this is a suspected egg/reproductive issue. And the calcium daily to see if it helps expel anything that's there.

Ok so should I tell my vet this….? Are these generally approved for use on chickens?

 

[Skibum]

Ok so should I tell my vet this….? Are these generally approved for use on chickens?

I sort of think this is what they prescribed because from what I can see there is no egg withdrawl period. I would totally be willing to not eat her eggs for a period of time if other antibiotics would be more useful for her condition. The vet I saw also has very limited chicken experience from what I could tell but she did say there’s another vet in the office who raises chickens but just wasn’t in that day. Genny is looking ok now (standing and alert and pooping some) but as the days go on she’s less interested in eating or drinking on her own and there is swelling in her abdomen.