Injured Hen; Egg Issue

[Delaneygraces]

Hello!
Two days ago one of my bantam hens went to lay an egg at the end of the day. She didn’t lay it that night, or the next day. I didn’t think much of it.
This morning, I went out to let the hens out, and noticed she wasn’t acting right. I took a closure look, and noticed egg yolk on the ground near the back of her pen. I picked her up, and she had clear (I’m assuming it was egg whites) goop on her bottom and chest, and upon closer inspection, I realized she had a piece of egg shell (I think it was a soft egg) rolled and poking out of her vent. I gently pulled at it, but it wouldn’t budge and I didn’t want to hurt her any further. Her bottom around her was sunken in, not at all normal for her after she lays an egg.
She’s been acting odd all day. I set her on the ground, and she just sat there, taking a few steps. She usually takes off running to eat grass. I put her back into her pen, and offered her some treats, and she only dropped them out of her beak and she had no interest. She isn’t eating anything. She has been laying in her nest for the past hour. She never sits in the nest until she goes to lay an egg, but she is unwilling to walk/stand.
Any ideas on what to do, or if the soft egg (whether it busted inside, or during the laying process) caused any further damage? I didn’t see any blood in the yolk or on the hen, but her vent is dry and shrunken.
She is 3 years old, and all her eggs before this have been very thick shelled, normal eggs. She is in with another hen, but no rooster and they get along perfectly.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Were you able to get the soft shelled membrane out?

If she's lethargic, apply a little oil around the vent and membrane. Place her in a steamed up bathroom to help with moisture or use warm wet compresses against the vent to help soften/loosen up the membrane and help get it out.

IF she's not lethargic, you can give her a soak in a warm epsom salts bath. I would still apply a bit of oil around the vent and membrane to help loosen it too. Soaking a bird can put them over the edge, so if she's in bad shape, use the compresses instead.

Is she able to poop?

Getting her hydrated would be important. See if she will take sips of water if you hold a cup up to her beak. Add some electrolytes if you have them.

If you feel that the membrane ruptured before she laid the egg and yolk/whites leaked out into the oviduct, then yes...IF she were mine, I would worry about infection. Amoxicillin can be found at some Tractor Supply stores, check with yours to see if they have any. Sometimes they can get it in a day or so, if not you can order it online. Dosage is 57mg per pound of weight given orally twice a day for 7 days.

 

[Delaneygraces]

Were you able to get the soft shelled membrane out?

If she's lethargic, apply a little oil around the vent and membrane. Place her in a steamed up bathroom to help with moisture or use warm wet compresses against the vent to help soften/loosen up the membrane and help get it out.

IF she's not lethargic, you can give her a soak in a warm epsom salts bath. I would still apply a bit of oil around the vent and membrane to help loosen it too. Soaking a bird can put them over the edge, so if she's in bad shape, use the compresses instead.

Is she able to poop?

Getting her hydrated would be important. See if she will take sips of water if you hold a cup up to her beak. Add some electrolytes if you have them.

If you feel that the membrane ruptured before she laid the egg and yolk/whites leaked out into the oviduct, then yes...IF she were mine, I would worry about infection. Amoxicillin can be found at some Tractor Supply stores, check with yours to see if they have any. Sometimes they can get it in a day or so, if not you can order it online. Dosage is 57mg per pound of weight given orally twice a day for 7 days.

Thank you!
She ended up passing the rest of the egg membrane, which the oil around the vent helped with. The next day she did pass some droppings, but it was many egg whites/goop. She’s currently doing well a bit more active. She’s been rapidly loosing weight, as she isn’t eat much and isn’t interested in any thing (even treats) when I offer them. Today was the first day I saw her trying to eat anything, and I hope this means she’s recovering. I hadn’t seen her drinking the water with electrolytes on her own, and used a dropper every other hour to make sure she was getting water. I don’t have a TS close, and my local Rural King was out of stock, and couldn’t tell me when they could get the Amoxicillin in. She still is sleeping on the ground, but seems perfectly fine when she’s outside. I put her on the ground with the nice weather today, and she took of jumping and running through the yard, directly to the dog’s food, before laying back down in a sun patch, still in a fluffed upuncomfortable looking state.
I’ll keep a close eye on her tonight to see if her poops return to normal.
Thanks again for the help!