HELP! BO with yolkless slimy egg!!

[Eggcessive]

Could you post a picture of her bulge? Does it feel soft, firm, or like fluid?

 

[Paz]

It could be a watery sac, or it could be a hernia, both would make her lay weird eggs, it could also be other things, but I am not a vet. The diagnosis is highly dependent on the way it feels, also the size, shape and if it has a colour, like if it’s reddish.

 

[WalnutTree]

@chickDgnr8
Thats okay, i would because shes very important to me but the only exotic vet willing to take at maximum a health check of her is an hour away and booked till 2 months later

@Paz
Its squishy. Almost like it has some solid things in it but i havent pressed it too hard as i dont want to hurt her or make it worse.
I am not 100% certian. I know the one i found last night was gingers but i dont know about the one in the run. Heres a picture of it.



 

[WalnutTree]

It could be a watery sac, or it could be a hernia, both would make her lay weird eggs, it could also be other things, but I am not a vet. The diagnosis is highly dependent on the way it feels, also the size, shape and if it has a colour, like if it’s reddish.

I think it is reddish

 

[WalnutTree]

@Eggcessive
It mostly feels like fluid
Ill try to get a picture

 

[WalnutTree]

@Paz
I refelt the spot and it almost feels like intestines or some thing ropelike thats kindof softish.
It was fluidish/firmish. She didnt seem hugely discomforted by me feeling it.

Heres pictures
The last picture was from a week ago.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Mmmm, do you know much about Nicarbazin? I've only just read about it this week, but it looks like it's an anticoccidial in chickens that's also used for population control in Canadian geese and pigeons through "contraceptive corn". Not sure if anyone's used it for population control in chickens since that's not normally desirable.
Also, from here, "A side effect of nicarbazin, a veterinary drug used to control coccidiosis in chickens, is decreased egg production and hatching."
It's been around for a while, too, at least since 1956 or 1957 (see here).

I am not sure how to link one thread to another. JoelJustJoel posted this on

Current Social Media Chicken Feed Craze - posted testing results​

thread. The main concern is having feed tested to find out why some folks chickens have stopped laying September 2022. Then switching feed they start producing within a couple of days. This thread is post results from lab tests. So far test results are only concerned with Proteins and Nutrients. We need to know what to test for for more accurate results, otherwise it is way to expensive to test for just any toxin that maybe in the feed.

Good lord. I said I paid $$$ for mycotoxins to be tested. If you can find a lab that will test for that, let me know. I'm so many hundreds of dollars into this, what's a few hundred more? Y'all SLAY me...

Edit: I just read every one of those links. That particular chemical curbs hatch/fertility rates, but hasn't observed effect on laying rates. No need to test for it.

 

[Aunt Angus]

@Paz
I refelt the spot and it almost feels like intestines or some thing ropelike thats kindof softish.
It was fluidish/firmish. She didnt seem hugely discomforted by me feeling it.

Heres pictures
The last picture was from a week ago.

I wonder if it is a hernia. Or maybe even a tumor. Poor birdie...

 

[Eggcessive]

She might have ascites (fluid) in her abdomen, but it could also be enlarged due to internal laying, hernia, or fat. Does he have any labored breathing? Is her crop emptying by early morning before she eats or drinks?

 

[WalnutTree]

@Eggcessive oh no
Im going to call around and find some vets to make an appointment. No labored breathing. Ill have to check early tomorrow morning about if her crops full. Ill let you know.
Anything i should do tonight?