EGG broke in cloaca - what next

[Aschuchert]

We had a thin shelled and deformed egg burst while hen wad laying. 7mo. Mix breed hen tonight and she'd laid a normal egg earlier in day.
I noticed she was looking deflated while free ranging tonight. Put her on lap to investigate and the attached pictured egg came out as I was holding her. I caught the contents but thin shell landed on ground, hence super wet look in photo - washed off most of the dirt.
I'm concerned that it burst inside her ( egg peritenitus sp?) and then she ejected the shell last.

She's still looking 'not herself' but drinking a little and roosted on her own. Roost posture in second pic. View attachment 1400649

Any suggestions or recommendations welcome. Thanks, Phoenix chick-parents View attachment 1400638

 

[micstrachan]

Poor dear clearly isn’t feeling well and her comb looks faded. Since she passed the yolk, I don’t necessarily think egg yolk peritonitis. However, she is having a laying problem of some kind. Has she had any respiratory symptoms recently? Some respiratory illnesses can cause laying issues.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Agree with micstrachan, she's having some laying issues, are there any other symptoms?
How old is she? How long has she been laying? What are you feeding? Are Oyster Shells offered?

Would you have some Calcium Citrate or Carbonate or Tums? Crush it up, mix with her feed (moisten). Need more help here ... @WVduckchick @Wyorp Rock @Beekissed

 

[Aschuchert]

She's 7 mos old, it was a FAST egg. I forgot to mention she had laid a prefect egg about 8hrs earlier, maybe had been holding the 1st one for a bit tho. We have several borderline - broody girls that will camp in the nesting boxes and shes particular about laying in 1 spot. We isolate the worst broody girls to break them, but have 3-4 in the mood ATM and only 2 isolation coops.

Oyster shell is available at all times, shes known for making a mess with it while finding the right pieces.

She's a beilfelder-leghorn mix so I do worry she's an egg laying machine. Only taken 1 day off this month.

No big signs of respitory issues, still looked a little ruffled when we checked tonight. But she had normal droppings under her, whew.

Will keep checking her and look for more insight if my added info offers ideas.
Thanks!

 

[rebrascora]

Laying those shell less eggs takes a lot out of a bird and it may be there is another one in her system yet. What do you feed your flock? Calcium (oyster shell) is not the only nutrient necessary for good quality eggs, so it may be a dietary issue. That said, a direct dose of calcium gluconate may be beneficial. You could add some to a scrambled egg to get it into her.
I would not be concerned with Egg Yolk Peritonitis as that is something that develops when they are laying internally.... ie the egg yolks released from the ovary drop into the abdominal cavity instead of travelling into the oviduct and going through the stages of being formed into an egg. This one has just skipped the shell gland phase for some reason. It can be stress related. It could be that she has held up an egg due to the nest box issue and the eggs behind have got backed up and the shell gland cannot cope with the back log. It might be worth restricting her diet and keeping her in the dark for a few days to try to stop her ovulating until her system settles down again. Putting her in a cardboard box with nesting material and ventilation holes somewhere not too warm and just letting her out a couple of times a day for food and water and exercise. If it is dark in the box she should settle and not get agitated.