First egg turned my red star into a zombie :( advice please

[Crimson Dove]

Are there specific "symptoms" or behaviors for broodiness? I have checked around and so far have only found remedies for broodiness. My red star laid her first egg yesterday morning and has been acting strange ever since. Being her first egg I didn't expect it to be perfect but the egg was half brown half white and very small. We caught my RIR roo covering her right before we took her egg so I'm not sure if she's acting like this because we took her egg or because maybe that RIR has worn her out lol She won't lay down or sit down, she's barely walking around she isn't eating or drinking. She squats down when we get close to her, she is holding her tail down and her poo is almost clear and watery and she goes every couple of minutes. She's the top of the pecking order among my other hens but she is very antisocial now and when my daughter tried to pick her up so we could move her to a seperate pen she pecked her (something she has never done before) she tried to peck her a second time but hit the metal feeder instead and it broke the end of her beak off!! I picked her up and she started kicking and clawing at me, she really drew blood so I just put her back down, the moment I put her down she went and stood in the corner, fluffed out her feathers and started panting. She is still standing there this morning fluffed up and panting. She is normally very vocal but we haven't heard anything out of her since the day before yesterday. Is this because of the egg, broodiness or could she maybe be sick?? Please, any advice....

 

[Pele]

I'm sorry to hear your hen isn't doing well. It doesn't sound like broodiness at all, which would include sitting in the next box, flattening herself, growling, and only leaving the box once a day to eat and drink.

This sounds like she's sick, and probably egg-bound. If you have some latex gloves, you can feel inside her to see she has an egg jammed in the works. Also, you can massage her abdomen (throw a towel over her head first so she won't fight you.). If it's swollen and squishy, that's what's happening.

Good luck!

 

[Crimson Dove]

I'm sorry to hear your hen isn't doing well. It doesn't sound like broodiness at all, which would include sitting in the next box, flattening herself, growling, and only leaving the box once a day to eat and drink.

This sounds like she's sick, and probably egg-bound. If you have some latex gloves, you can feel inside her to see she has an egg jammed in the works. Also, you can massage her abdomen (throw a towel over her head first so she won't fight you.). If it's swollen and squishy, that's what's happening.

Good luck!

Thank you for your reply I checked her abdomen it is a little swollen but not squishy but she did growl when I started poking around on it. Could that still mean she is egg bound? If there is an egg stuck in her how would I get it out? Could the stuck egg break?