- Mar 10, 2013
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I noticed her in the run (door to run open to outside for free range). She has been sitting on her clutch of eggs in the coop. I did see an egg about a foot away from where she was laying...thought she was laying on another egg??? I came close to her but she seemed to react (fluff up and start quietly chatting...so I left her). What a mistake. Came back a few hours later; she was near the door to the run (wet from a few rain drops) just laying as before. I decided to try to pick her up. As I grabbed her, fluid came flowing out of her beak, a cloudy, watery fluid. She did not fight my picking her up @ all. I immediately took her indoors, covered her with a towel and put her in a small carrier. I felt for what might be an egg (never done this before so not exactly sure what I was feeling for), but I did not feel what might have been an egg. I looked online and saw a few postings on the crop. I extended her beak upward and massaged her neck area a few times. Even tried to give her electrolyte water in an eye dropper ( kept her neck extended while I did this), but she died within 15 min. or so. I took the clutch of eggs (which she had not been sitting on all day) and put them in the incubator. Don't know what will happen with those. I am concerned about my other birds. I have 10. I will sanitize the coop tomorrow as best as I can....has anyone had this happen???