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Nugget my sweet 9 month old Golden Comet..
Laid an egg yesterday morning by 7am.. by that afternoon (1pm) she was acting like she was trying to lay a second egg.. I left her in peace but by last night she still hadn’t laid and the other chicks were picking on her a little. We had to leave so I put her in the garage and when I got back home.. I brought her in gave her an epsom salt bath and 1/4 of tums (whole tablet 1000).. put her in the garage.. and she slept. This morning she drank water and acted fine at first.

once outside, she started barely walking (waddling) again. I put her in the coop and let the other chickens out.She went straight to the nesting box..3 hours later nothing.

I repeated epsom bath (20mins) and tums tablet.
Put her back in nesting box/coop by herself and closed the door for darkness.
She is still drinking (and I placed electrolytes in her water )

even applied a little olive oil in her vent
she is still laying down not moving and still nothing.

she has pooped some solid and some solid with a little liquid with it since last night.

Any other options or advice. I have looked and researched so much.. I don’t thing it could be egg
peritonitis could happen that quickly after laying a solid egg yesterday morning, could it??
please she is our sweet girl
 
I will take a video in the morning..

yesterday morning was her normal hard shell egg..

Only layer 16% feed (good mill date) and a cup of 5 grain after they free range about an 1-2 hours a day and oyster shell/and crushed cooked egg shells on side

she has laid up to 3 a day before (1 hard and 2 soft) but she has never struggled this long. I am hoping now that the one soft shell today finally cleared she will lay the next one easier

she started laying at 17 weeks not way early from what I read on golden comet
 
I would stop the 5 grain scratch and give only her layer feed. Place crushed oyster shell for calcium in a separate container to take as she needs. Hopefully, this is just a temporary glitch innher laying, but some pullets can get impacted oviduct from infection, salpingitis, or a shell gland defect. Soft or shell-less eggs can be hard to pass. Give the extra calcium for a few days, and limit any extra treats that could cause problems. Does she seem to be overweight? Scratch grains can be fattening, and have little of the protein or nutrients needed for a balanced diet. A better treat would be a small amount of scrambled egg. Her feed should be 90% of her intake.
 

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