Hen poops orange poop pretty often and (could be other hen) doesn't lay

[Ebony Rose]

Soft shelled eggs on a regular basis. How old is she? Does she have oyster shell and/or crushed or otherwise unrecognizable egg shell available in a separate dish by her regular feed? Are you offering them vitamin/mineral supplements in their water, and if so, does it also contain vitamin D? The vitamin D helps with the absorption/utilization of the calcium. Are they being fed an all-flock or non-medicated chick starter feed with less than 10% of their diet as treats? How is her weight? (gently pinch her breastbone, is it meaty or bony?)
Also, if you know which hen is laying those 'rubber eggs' as I call them, apply some water-based personal lubricant onto/into her vent, a product like K-Y Jelly. Those soft shelled eggs are very hard to pass and of course, the danger of one breaking internally opens up another whole slew of health problems. I'd probably put her on antibiotics since you've indicated that she's been laying rubber eggs regularly for awhile now... her egg gland could be infected or egg yolk peritonitis... or... or... or.
I'll keep you and your feathered family in my prayers.
Edit to add: I wouldn't be concerned with orange in the poo. Green would be worrisome, but orange is more often than not intestinal lining shed. Orange is almost always normal. Green is almost always bad.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

BUMP, please help me, I need to find out what to do fast about my hen, I am worried about her since she still lays soft shelled eggs and even than not as often as she used to lay. I am pretty sure she is also still pooping that orange poop every now and than though I haven't seen any blood nor do I think their are parasites. Worried it might be mareks setting in.

Can you please post some photos of your hen, the eggs and of the current poop - smear the poop on a white paper towel so we can see the colors really well?

Is she's active, eating/drinking, moving about?
How old is she?
What do you feed?

What are you observing that leads you to Marek's?

If she's laying soft shelled eggs, give her extra calcium for several days. 1 Calcium Citrate daily. See that she's eating her normal feed and drinking well. Look her over for lice/mites and make sure her crop is emptying overnight.

 

[LightAurora589]

Thank you all so much for the help, I apologize for taking so long to respond, I will do as you wish and add pictures if I can ever get to it.

 

[LightAurora589]

I am also very worried because sometimes my hens do poop fiber-heavy green poop and sometimes watery poop as well, they have very good calcium rich layer feed though. Also I give them eggshells and did give all 4 of them one human calcium supplament in wet feed for a couple of days.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you provide grit (crushed granite)?

 

[LightAurora589]

Do you provide grit (crushed granite)?

I do provide grit but perhaps I need to replace it since its been covered with dirt, the dogbowl I probably has gotta be cleaned a bit a well.

 

[LightAurora589]

Bump

 

[Ebony Rose]

I'm no poop expert, but all five of those look normal to me, depending upon the weather, of course. #1 hot climate, birds drink more water #2 same #3 Not as much water intake, urates (white stuff) more pronounced, totally normal (broody hens poop something like this too, but with an ungodly smell) #4 A lot of urates with the poop, kind of soft, but not watery... and #5 probably more what you're used to noticing. All of these poop samples look to be normal. Surprised you didn't get one with cecal lining in it (red/orange stuff), but that's also normal; thought for sure you'd post one of those pictures though as that was the original complaint.
I really only get concerned about their poop if I see blood, worms, or if it's looks like someone spilled a glass of water and dropped some bright green stuff in it.

 

[LightAurora589]

I'm no poop expert, but all five of those look normal to me, depending upon the weather, of course. #1 hot climate, birds drink more water #2 same #3 Not as much water intake, urates (white stuff) more pronounced, totally normal (broody hens poop something like this too, but with an ungodly smell) #4 A lot of urates with the poop, kind of soft, but not watery... and #5 probably more what you're used to noticing. All of these poop samples look to be normal. Surprised you didn't get one with cecal lining in it (red/orange stuff), but that's also normal; thought for sure you'd post one of those pictures though as that was the original complaint.
I really only get concerned about their poop if I see blood, worms, or if it's looks like someone spilled a glass of water and dropped some bright green stuff in it.

Recently one of the birds pooped some dark green stuff and some of the rice I gave them as a treat had not fully digested.

Soft shelled eggs on a regular basis. How old is she? Does she have oyster shell and/or crushed or otherwise unrecognizable egg shell available in a separate dish by her regular feed? Are you offering them vitamin/mineral supplements in their water, and if so, does it also contain vitamin D? The vitamin D helps with the absorption/utilization of the calcium. Are they being fed an all-flock or non-medicated chick starter feed with less than 10% of their diet as treats? How is her weight? (gently pinch her breastbone, is it meaty or bony?)
Also, if you know which hen is laying those 'rubber eggs' as I call them, apply some water-based personal lubricant onto/into her vent, a product like K-Y Jelly. Those soft shelled eggs are very hard to pass and of course, the danger of one breaking internally opens up another whole slew of health problems. I'd probably put her on antibiotics since you've indicated that she's been laying rubber eggs regularly for awhile now... her egg gland could be infected or egg yolk peritonitis... or... or... or.
I'll keep you and your feathered family in my prayers.
Edit to add: I wouldn't be concerned with orange in the poo. Green would be worrisome, but orange is more often than not intestinal lining shed. Orange is almost always normal. Green is almost always bad.

So by water-based lube for her vent does that mean I can't use something like vaseline?

 

[Ebony Rose]

So by water-based lube for her vent does that mean I can't use something like vaseline?

No. Vaseline is a petroleum product and is NOT water soluble.
Use something like K-Y Jelly, because it is water soluble.

Reread your response, and just now saw the double negative; which made it a positive...
Edit as follows:
Correct. It is preferred that you do not use a petroleum based product like vaseline. A product like K-Y Jelly does a better job because it is considerably easier for the body to flush out of its own accord without the need of additional cleaning agents.