Eggbound or?

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Hello everyone,

I have a hen who I thought was eggbound. She is standing and walking like a penguin. As soon as I noticed I gave her a warm bath for 20 minutes. However she didn’t poop anything out until the next morning (looked like lash egg but it was soft and gooey looking. No egg yolk) I thought she was okay but it has been about a week in half since she has done this.

She is very alert. Eating and drinking just fine. She has no problem running away from me now. She’ll leave the coop and just stand there or just lay down. I haven’t poked my finger in her but I have given her multiple soaks. I did give her antibiotics just in case it was the egg yolk disease. She has improved but she is still walking around like a penguin. However she will try to walk normal but it only lasts a minute or two.

I’m not sure on what else to do. I don’t want to over treat her because I don’t want to make it worse. Her vent looks fine. But between her legs feels a little squishy. Any ideas? Could it be cancer? She is under a year old. She recently started laying two months ago

Thank you!
 
Did you give a full course of antibiotics?

If this has been several days, I'm not sure what else you can do but offer supportive care. Finish the antibiotics, give her 1 Caltrate once a day for 3-5 days, see that she's eating/drinking, no lice/mites, crop emptying, etc.

The symptoms you describe sounds like a reproductive problem is at play.
 
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Did you give a full course of antibiotics?

If this has been several days, I'm not sure what else you can do but offer supportive care. Finish the antibiotics, give her 1 Caltrate once a day for 3-5 days, see that she's eating/drinking, no lice/mites, crop emptying, etc.

The symptoms you describe sounds like a reproductive problem is at play.
Okay I will do that. She is eating and drinking. I am currently treating for mites or lice. She super fluffy so it’s hard to see the little buggers
 
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Did you give a full course of antibiotics?

If this has been several days, I'm not sure what else you can do but offer supportive care. Finish the antibiotics, give her 1 Caltrate once a day for 3-5 days, see that she's eating/drinking, no lice/mites, crop emptying, etc.

The symptoms you describe sounds like a reproductive problem is at play.
I also gave her the full course! After the second dose she started acting a lot better
 
It appears you're on the right track. Let's try to narrow this down to something we can hang our hats on.

The squishy swelling between the legs - is it more in front of the legs or is it behind the legs below the vent? If the swelling is mostly between and in front of the legs, it points to liver disease. If the swelling is behind the legs, especially if it's soft and squishy, it's likely fat.

Fat under the vent isn't exactly nothing, but for now, it's not a crisis. It may mean she needs to be fed less carbs such as corn and treats. Fat can pave the way to fatty liver disease. But if the bulge is hard, it could be swelling from a reproductive infection, and perhaps antibiotics need to be continued a while longer.

From the sound of her behaving mostly normally, she appears not to be in a crisis. But she needs to be watched and any current health issues addressed so they don't develop into something much worse.
 
It appears you're on the right track. Let's try to narrow this down to something we can hang our hats on.

The squishy swelling between the legs - is it more in front of the legs or is it behind the legs below the vent? If the swelling is mostly between and in front of the legs, it points to liver disease. If the swelling is behind the legs, especially if it's soft and squishy, it's likely fat.

Fat under the vent isn't exactly nothing, but for now, it's not a crisis. It may mean she needs to be fed less carbs such as corn and treats. Fat can pave the way to fatty liver disease. But if the bulge is hard, it could be swelling from a reproductive infection, and perhaps antibiotics need to be continued a while longer.

From the sound of her behaving mostly normally, she appears not to be in a crisis. But she needs to be watched and any current health issues addressed so they don't develop into something much worse.
Sorry for the late reply! The squishy feeling is more underneath the vent. And it is soft. Kinda like those slimes kids play with nowadays. I will back off of the corn and treats to see if there are any improvements. She did come out a lot more today even though it was cold out. And I noticed that she poop and it was the color of yolk. It was bright yellow and it wasn’t solid. It did also have a little bit of green in it.

She is still standing and walking like a penguin but she is active. She will jump up to the other chickens and lay with them. She even tries to run when I have them some eggs today. I’ve been keeping eye on her but not messing with her to much. I don’t want to stress her out. Luckily she has a buddy who hangs around her all day.

I gave her la-200. Not sure if I should give her more or not. She had two doses of it. Thank you for the help!
 

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