Help please

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

Help/suggestions/guidance needed..... This is Consuela....she's about 3 years old... she started declining a few days ago..she was acting broody, then I noticed she was straining to poo....since then I've been warm soaking, and she started to poo...not normal, her but she has a large hard lump under her vent that isn't subsiding. She did roost to sleep, but we had to get her down this morning. I have checked her vent, it's just is a hard lump....if it's an egg, it's huge! idk what else to do. She isn't lethargic, yet, and I've seen her drinking & eating, though not as much as usual. Thank you in advance for the help.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@Eggcessive

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sorry, I should explain. That was me tagging one of our Educators to come help you.

 

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

Sorry, I should explain. That was me tagging one of our Educators to coe help you.

Thank you!

 

[LaFleche]

When was her last egg?

When you feel the swollen lower abdomen, does it feel really hard or more like a water filled balloon?

 

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

When was her last egg?

When you feel the swollen lower abdomen, does it feel really hard or more like a water filled balloon?

Ty for thr reply...it's not water belly, ive dealt with that unfortunately......it's a hard mass.....last egg far as I can tell was about 4-5 days ago.....

 

[LaFleche]

Ty for thr reply...it's not water belly, ive dealt with that unfortunately......it's a hard mass.....last egg far as I can tell was about 4-5 days ago.....

What exactly are you feeding all treats included?

It could be a fat pad or laying internally.

What does she weigh?

 

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

What exactly are you feeding all treats included?

It could be a fat pad or laying internally.

What does she weigh?

They eat 17-18% layer pellets and sometimes layer crumble....treats are dried worms ocassionally kale or cabbage(very rarely). We dont give scraps...they free range for a some of the day in our fenced in t
yard.. it's quite hard and almost the size of a baseball.