/ Register

  1. If this is your first time on BYC, we suggest you start with one of these three options:
    Raising Chickens Chicken Coops Join BYC
    If you're already a member of our community, click here to login & click here to learn what's new!

Hen with poopy-caked butt-lethargic-deformed soft shelled "egg"

Discussion in 'Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures' started by EurekaSouth, Apr 15, 2011.

Most Liked Posts
  1. Apr 15, 2011 #1
    EurekaSouth

    EurekaSouth Out Of The Brooder

    85
    0
    42
    Mar 8, 2007
    North Northern California
    was half way out of her butt when I got home. I cleaned off the poop, and took the very small, what looked like it might have been a deformed soft shelled egg (about 1 1/2 inch long) the rest of the way out of her anus. She seemed to feel a little better, walked up the ramp to her roost and got up on the roost when she hadn't jumped up there before. DH says she was fine at noon - I wasn't there. She will hopefully be fine tomorrow, but if she's not, does this sound familiar to anyone? Everybody else seems fine. She's not quite a year old. Oh, also, the caked poop wasn't blocking anything, so I hadn't worried about it yet.
     
    Last edited: Apr 15, 2011
  3. Apr 15, 2011 #2
    Miss Lydia

    Miss Lydia Running over with Blessings Premium Member

    69,300
    5,061
    671
    Oct 3, 2009
    Western N.C.
    yep it happens I've not had to pull one out but I've seen them, hopefully it was just a fluke and she'll be fine, make sure they are getting extra calcium like oyster shell separate from their main feed they take what they need. You can also trim the feathers on her bottom to help keep stuff from sticking so bad. Hope she's feeling better today.
     
  5. Apr 16, 2011 #3
    EurekaSouth

    EurekaSouth Out Of The Brooder

    85
    0
    42
    Mar 8, 2007
    North Northern California
    She seems just fine today - and so is everyone else. We're good for now - thanks so much!
     

BackYard Chickens is proudly sponsored by