Fluid leaking out of chicken's beak

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Hi so today i found one of my hen is not eating or drinking and she is not acting normal. She kinda goes sleep while standing
Her crop is empty
She is not showing interest in eating or drinking
I saw a bit of fluid coming out of her beak when i try to give her apple cider vinegar
Any idea what this can be?
She is laying eggs and she is a Lari hen ( fighting breed)
This is a pic from before
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Also a pic from back of her belly
Idk if its normal but is there a chance she is egg bound or smth like that?
I didn't notice any egg in there
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Is that belly area squishy like a water balloon when you feel it? If so, she could have ascites. You can drain it using a sterile needle and syringe. Plenty of videos on YT.
 
Update!
So her abdomen felt swolen
i found that she has an egg with no shell stuck in her
I pushed it out gently the egg had no shell at all
and she was still looking sick
Then i got another really unusual small egg with a thin shell out
Is that the reason she was feeling sick or i just did something wrong with her?
If yes how long untill she recovers from this egg binding?
Picture from second egg which is smaller with thin shell
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Did you feel her belly and was it squishy? Ascites can cause eggs to not expel properly. It just looks a bit 'hangy down' to me in that photo.

If not, then hopefully it is just an isolated egg binding incident and you can watch her carefully over the next week. Also increase the calcium in her diet as that can cause egg binding and shell-less or thin shelled eggs.
 
Did you feel her belly and was it squishy? Ascites can cause eggs to not expel properly. It just looks a bit 'hangy down' to me in that photo.

If not, then hopefully it is just an isolated egg binding incident and you can watch her carefully over the next week. Also increase the calcium in her diet as that can cause egg binding and shell-less or thin shelled eggs.
I touched it feels a bit puffy maybe because she tried hard to lay that shell less egg, not really that squishy idk really , she is younger than my other hens
Still she doesn't eat or drink
 
Try and get her to eat and drink. How does her crop feel?

Perhaps try some oatmeal porridge with banana to get her appetite going? Or some scrambled eggs. You can put crushed eggshell in to give her more calcium
 
Try and get her to eat and drink. How does her crop feel?

Perhaps try some oatmeal porridge with banana to get her appetite going? Or some scrambled eggs. You can put crushed eggshell in to give her more calcium
Thanks
Her crop was empty now i put some food through her beak. she eats them but doesn't peck at food by herself
 
I wonder if she has an upset digestion? I looked again at your photo and you've been feeding her onions/scallions? These are not good for chickens at all.

Perhaps try some food that will help her digestion get back on track: garlic, live yoghurt, oregano, raw apple cider vinegar, honey. You can make a wet mash of all these with oats and hand feed her for a few days. See if that helps.
 
I wonder if she has an upset digestion? I looked again at your photo and you've been feeding her onions/scallions? These are not good for chickens at all.

Perhaps try some food that will help her digestion get back on track: garlic, live yoghurt, oregano, raw apple cider vinegar, honey. You can make a wet mash of all these with oats and hand feed her for a few days. See if that helps.
Idk someone told me to feed her onions, she didn't eat it at all
I already gave her some apple cider vinegar and some garlic
And i put some cooked rice before her to see if she eats it
 
Idk someone told me to feed her onions, she didn't eat it at all
I already gave her some apple cider vinegar and some garlic
And i put some cooked rice before her to see if she eats it
That's good.

I don't have any experience with fighting breeds, but with the oral fluid, the squishy belly and egg problems, I suggest you may have a crop or digestive or ascites issue here, perhaps as well as laying problems but they may be linked. It is all guesswork really with chickens, eliminating likely problems until you get to the bottom of it.

Might also be an idea to check her for worms.

What is her normal diet?

I'll tag some knowledgeable people @Eggcessive @RoostersAreAwesome @aart @Wyorp Rock
 

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