EGG broke in oviduct - what next

Aschuchert

Songster
9 Years
Nov 3, 2014
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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.
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Any suggestions or recommendations welcome. Thanks, Phoenix chick-parents
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She is well so far and no worries about the response time.

After I posted I realized I typed oviduct instead of cloaca in title. Had that incident happen earlier this month with a hen we lost - so brain was in overload.

The hen is back to normal, turns out it was a thin shelled egg rushed out only 8 hours after a perfect egg, she 7months old and still getting her into groove.

She's pooping normal, jumping the half fence and eating well so I think the trauma of the other hen was an overreaction. Yay to over parenting our hens.
 

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