My Polish girl CJ was singing the egg song this morning, urging her sister Jewel to get out of her favorite nest box. I thought it was comical because it seemed like she thought she could speed up the process by jumping to the song at the end. I came back a few hours later to collect both eggs and was rather surprised to see only Jewel's egg in the nest.
I decided to find CJ to take a look at her to be sure she was ok. When I found her, she was off to herself with a messy vent. I soaked her for about 30 minutes in an epsom salt bath and thought I might feel an egg just below the vent. When I removed her from her bath and wrapped her in a towel (just draped it over her really, didn't squeeze her) she made a gas-passing noise, so I removed the towel to find a nice sized chunk of chicken poo that was of normal consistency. There was a little bit on her bum, so I rinsed her off again, towel dried her, and set her inside the coop. She immediately found the pop door and showed herself out. While she was headed down the ramp, clear liquid came from her beak.
She wanted to go preen her newly cleaned feathers, so I left her alone for awhile and returned to find her looking all messy on the backside again. I'm rather new to chicken illnesses and don't know what is wrong with her. Suggestions?
I decided to find CJ to take a look at her to be sure she was ok. When I found her, she was off to herself with a messy vent. I soaked her for about 30 minutes in an epsom salt bath and thought I might feel an egg just below the vent. When I removed her from her bath and wrapped her in a towel (just draped it over her really, didn't squeeze her) she made a gas-passing noise, so I removed the towel to find a nice sized chunk of chicken poo that was of normal consistency. There was a little bit on her bum, so I rinsed her off again, towel dried her, and set her inside the coop. She immediately found the pop door and showed herself out. While she was headed down the ramp, clear liquid came from her beak.
She wanted to go preen her newly cleaned feathers, so I left her alone for awhile and returned to find her looking all messy on the backside again. I'm rather new to chicken illnesses and don't know what is wrong with her. Suggestions?