Help, should I treat for salmonella?

[stephanieamr1]

My wyandotte started laying eggs 3 weeks ago. About 1 week ago she laid her egg for the day, but later that afternoon she laid 2 extra eggs on my patio floor, no shell, no membrane; like if someone cracked opened eggs on the floor. She has not laid any eggs since. Her poop has been very runny and white most of the time (see pics)and she been walking around kind of sad looking. Should I treat her for salmonella? Any advice?

 

[Blue Raptor]

My wyandotte started laying eggs 3 weeks ago. About 1 week ago she laid her egg for the day, but later that afternoon she laid 2 extra eggs on my patio floor, no shell, no membrane; like if someone cracked opened eggs on the floor. She has not laid any eggs since. Her poop has been very runny and white most of the time (see pics)and she been walking around kind of sad looking. Should I treat her for salmonella? Any advice?

Welcome to BYC! You can give her calcium (oyster shell) for thin egg shells.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Let me tag a few members that may know what is going on.

@Wyorp Rock
@azygous

 

[azygous]

@Blue Raptor is on to the problem. Her reproductive system needs a tuneup. Giving calcium is the best way to accomplish this.

But she may also need and oral antibiotic. I need for you to recall if those shell-less eggs you found on your patio had broken yolks. If so, she may have an infection beginning and she also could have left over material in the oviduct from this fiasco that still need to be expelled. The calcium can help. This is the calcium I recommend as it works quickest. One in the beak right now.

 

[stephanieamr1]

Welcome to BYC! You can give her calcium (oyster shell) for thin egg shells.

@Blue Raptor is on to the problem. Her reproductive system needs a tuneup. Giving calcium is the best way to accomplish this.

But she may also need and oral antibiotic. I need for you to recall if those shell-less eggs you found on your patio had broken yolks. If so, she may have an infection beginning and she also could have left over material in the oviduct from this fiasco that still need to be expelled. The calcium can help. This is the calcium I recommend as it works quickest. One in the beak right now.View attachment 3482995

Yes, the yolks were broken, that's why I thought she might have infection. She has access to oyster shell, but I can't say I have seen her eat it. I will definitely use the calcium tabs.

 

[azygous]

She needs to have one whole calcium tablet daily until you're sure she's passed all the egg remains. You will know that she has when her behavior returns to normal. This means being active, eating, and normal poop.

A daily calcium tablet will help regulate her ovulation to one yolk per cycle and will build her calcium reserves so her eggs come out with normal shells. Once she's laying one normal egg per cycle, you may stop the daily calcium tablet and let her go back to relying on oyster shell.

Get her on an antibiotic immediately. The longer a reproductive infection goes on, the more difficult it is to treat successfully.

 

[azygous]

Oh, and this may or may not be salmonella bacteria. Any bacterium that happens to be on the scene will be happy to take up residence in the left behind yolk. This is not something you need to fear the rest of the flock getting.