help!! prolapse vent?

[BCMominMD]

Have a 19 week GLW that hasn't layed yet. She was fine 2 hours ago. She is foraging with the others now in the yard but she is puffed up a bit in the middle - holding her wings out and kind of wanting to squat. When Under her tail it's like she's pushing out a dime size round ball that recedes once she stops pushing - it doesn't look like an egg. It seems early on
What should I do?
First time chicken owner
Thanks

 

[BCMominMD]

OK. this may be a dumb question but it is still happening off and on all day today and I am worried that it is an early start of something. She is pooping and eating and not acting sick - just preoccupied at times. I hope I haven't been feeding too much scratch (about 6 handfuls a day for 8 chickens & 1 turkey) and messing up the calcium balance. I will be buying the layena crumbles tomorrow and mixing them in with my purina start and grow until the bag is done. No one is bothering her.
I guess I should just check her again tomorrow and see if it has developed further.
Has this happened to anyonelse?

 

[kathyinmo]

I am no expert, but I think she's about to lay her first egg. I have read that some are termed, "fart eggs," and are quite small.

Good luck.

 

[robin416]

If she is still doing this tomorrow then there might be a problem. Watch the tissue you see. Remember what it looks like because you might have to help her lay her first egg.

A pic would be very good of when you see this happening.