Hen not laying normal and is not moving much

[ftlmom]

One of my girls have not layed a normal egg in the past 5 days. We have found remnents of a shellless egg twice in the time, but have not had a regular egg from her. She was acting normal until last nigh when she went into the nest box and stayed there so long that she fell asleep. Last night around 9 pm I forced her to get out the box and she roosted next to her sister. This morning I went out there and her sister laid an egg but she didn't and her sister was at the door waiting to get out but Pepper just laid on the ground in all alone and didmn't even come for morning treats. She has been laying there all morning. HELP I don't know what's wrong with her.

 

[ClickerChick]

2 things:

1. Does she have enough calcium in her diet? Sometimes Eggs will be laid shelless because of lack of calcium. Feed her ground oyster shell ( most farm supply stores, or any store with a poultry section, have it).

2. Could she be egg bound? Symptoms would be: swollen underneath (like near her fluff and vent), and walking like she is waddling. Sometimes you can feel the egg, too. There are many ways to fix it: put petroleum jelly on her vent, and she might pass the egg on her own, or (if you REALLY want to) put rubber gloves on and rub oil or petroleum jelly all over them, and (carefully) stick your fingers up her vent and see if you can get the egg out. I'm not sure if this works, but if your chicken is really small, it might not be a good idea. Have fun, and good luck!

 

[kgardiner]

Can you give a chicken calcium tablets mashed up or in their water?

 

[ftlmom]

She already gets ostershells. she laid a shelless egg today (1 of 2 in the past 5 days). She did decide to come out the coop for some free time but she was not her usual talkative self. She did not take any treats but she did drink some water and walked around a little. Her sister was having a ball as usual sun bathing in the dirt and getting all the treats.
I've added an extra container of water mixed with ACV but so far she only went for the reg. water.

I tried to check her out and this is what I noticed. Her vent are is a little swollen and pertruding, ahe looks puffy around her fluff but I could not feel any egg in her. She also had some poo stuck to her fluffy butt.
Any suggestion would be very appreciated.