JollyChickenLady
In the Brooder
My 9 month old EE is ill. She didn't lay yesterday (not unusual), then laid a perfect egg early this morning. Not unusual for her to lay early if she didn't lay day before. Then list evening she was back in the nest box very late, 7 pm. That's never happened for her. I noticed she was way less active once she got out of the box. She didn't lay another egg. She was drinking a lot of water, then started to look lethargic. I brought her in & started doing warm epson salt soaks x 2. Massaged her crop, it feels empty. I didn't feel any egg. Tried to give her scrambled egg with ground egg shells & she won't eat. She's also drooling from her mouth/beak at times. Did have a watery non bloody poop after one of the soaks. No other chickens ill. She hasn't had any issued lately. The only thing different in feeding is that I've been putting out chick grower in morning because some 10 week old chicks kept eating the layer pellets so I was making sure they got their grower. This older hen & her sisters do eat the grower feed, but also have free choice oyster shells that they eat.... although I've never seen this chicken eat them? (I've seen the other older hens eat oyster shells frequently)...... Is she egg bound? What can I do??