Funny egg

[ChickenClaw03]

Hi,
My hen Queenie the Barnevelder has been acting lethargic after laying a soft shell egg yesterday. I’m worried she hasn’t fully passed the fluid as I found more in her poo today.

I’m taking her to a specialist bird vet to get a hormone implant in two days, however I’m not sure she’s going to make it. I’ve given her extra vitamins and electrolytes to try and give her a boost.

Any advice surrounding the issue would be greatly appreciated, she’s my pet.

 

[nuthatched]

Why are you getting the implant?
What is her age and diet?

 

[ChickenClaw03]

Why are you getting the implant?
What is her age and diet?

She’s getting the implant to prevent her from laying. Had one for my other hen a year ago and she hasn’t been sick since. This hen is 3 years old.

 

[nuthatched]

She’s getting the implant to prevent her from laying. Had one for my other hen a year ago and she hasn’t been sick since. This hen is 3 years old.

Why do you want her not to lay, what are you trying to treat?
What is their diet?

 

[Loving my girls]

Hi hun
Im confused too, who recommended the implant to you ?
And who diagnosed a problem with her poop ?
Hugz

 

[ChickenClaw03]

The implant is something that has been recommended to me by multiple local bird vets, which stops eggs from being produced. The only reason I want the implant is because she has some sort of infection (or possibly a cancer). The implant wears off in 3 months, so it’s not permanent. I had a hen a few years ago who would constantly lay soft shell eggs and had a build up of fluid in her stomach. She was put on an implant and was feeling much better for a months, however she had a cancer which won eventually. I don’t believe my hen now has a cancer, but by having the implant it gives her reproductive system a break to fight infection.

 

[ChickenClaw03]

Maybe this isn’t available in some countries? I’m in Australia and this is quite common implant that is given to chickens, along with other avian species to aid recovery or stop reproductive health problems. If this was in any way too invasive, painful or traumatic for my pet, I would never do this.