EGG broke in oviduct - what next

Aschuchert

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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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How Is she today? Sorry that no one replied to you sooner. Is she feeling better and acting normally?
 
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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