HELP! Is this a egg shell?! (Shell came out! Anything else to do?)

[Cailyn]

This happens when an egg breaks inside a chicken so you should do research on how to treat it. I wish I could give you more advice but my chicken was fine after we noticed it. I might be wise to give her a bath like you suggested!

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

I’ll try bathing her.

 

[aart]

Yes that’s the thread before she had the soft shelled egg. Her normal diet consists of Manna Pro 16% all flock feed. She also occasionally gets scratch and other treats like apples, eggs and veggies. Are there any other foods that can give her calcium?

Cut out all the extra 'treats'.

This feed?
https://www.mannapro.com/poultry/other-feeds/16-all-flock-crumbles-probiotics
Are you providing any calcium, like Oyster Shells, in a separate feeder?

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

Cut out all the extra 'treats'.

This feed?
https://www.mannapro.com/poultry/other-feeds/16-all-flock-crumbles-probiotics
Are you providing any calcium, like Oyster Shells, in a separate feeder?

Yes that’s the feed. But no, I don’t give oyster shell, though I maybe should to prevent this from happening again. Last time this happened, it was also pretty hot, so I think that maybe the weather has something to do with this, could be a coincidence though.

 

[aart]

But no, I don’t give oyster shell, though I maybe should to prevent this from happening again.

An all flock feed is great for am mixed age and gender flock,
the most are a higher protein,
but you have to provide some kind of calcium for the active layers.

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like an odd egg with a tail that broke off. Sometimes these are due to salpingitis or an infection, and it just sometimes happens. The shell gland in the oviduct may not be functioning well if this continues to happen after giving extra calcium and some vitamin D for a few days.

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

It looks like an odd egg with a tail that broke off. Sometimes these are due to salpingitis or an infection, and it just sometimes happens. The shell gland in the oviduct may not be functioning well if this continues to happen after giving extra calcium and some vitamin D for a few days.

She has laid many eggs before that were in good condition. A few months ago, the same exact thing happened but she was able to push the egg out. She is still eating and drinking so I’ll keep treating her. I tried to bathe her earlier but she just wouldn’t let me so I’ll just keep in giving her food and water for now.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a link with odd eggs and possible causes:
https://www.yellowbirchhobbyfarm.com/weird-eggs-101-the-oddities-explained/

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

Here is a link with odd eggs and possible causes:
https://www.yellowbirchhobbyfarm.com/weird-eggs-101-the-oddities-explained/

It was pretty hot today (81 f) which may have caused it. She has been in the nest box for a few hrs now and had access to food, calcium, and water. I hope she is able to push that egg out like she did before. Thanks for the site, very helpful info

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

So she seems to be walking much more today, but I wasn’t able to find the egg in the box. Is their a chance she maybe ate it? Or maybe the egg hasn’t come out yet?