Lash Egg found in chickens

[Pawsitivly]

Hi, today I watched one of our birds lay an abnormal egg, which we believe is a lash egg. We’ve done some looking around on the internet, but everything is very vague and there isn’t much information. Is it salpingitis? If so, is it treatable? What can we use to treat it, or does it require a vet visit? Will we have to treat the whole flock, or just the bird who laid the egg?
I read that it was very contagious, and the egg she laid had no shell, so naturally all the other birds raced over to eat it (she laid it out in the middle of the yard). What can we do? We haven’t really noticed any difference in behavior. Yes, they have recently stopped laying but we assumed it was because of the weather/season change. Besides that, they haven’t really been acting many different.

 

[aart]

which we believe is a lash egg.

Need a pic....or google examples.

 

[NatJ]

the egg she laid had no shell, so naturally all the other birds raced over to eat it (she laid it out in the middle of the yard).

Did it have a normal-looking white and yolk, or something unusual about the insides?

 

[nicalandia]

Need a pic....or google examples.

https://homesteadinmama.com/2016/01/what-is-lash-egg.html

https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/

 

[Eggcessive]

If it was a lash egg, that would be caused by salpingitis or inflammation of the oviduct. Salpingitis is not contagious, but can be caused by bacteria entering the oviduct from the vent. E.coli and mycoplasma are common types of bacteria that can climb the egg canal. Hens only have one functioning oviduct. Can you describe the material, since the chickens ate it? Most lash material is solid pus and egg product, so it usually appears beige or flesh colored, and when cut in two, may have layers of egg material. Hens do lay some pretty weird eggs as well, so there are a lot of pictures online to compare what you see.

 

[Pawsitivly]

this is what she laid, i managed to wrestle it away from one of our other hens, so its a little bit torn up and dirty compared to what it looked like when she first laid it. there was normal yolk and egg whites along with this, and that’s what the chickens ate.

 

[Eggcessive]

That does look like lash material in the picture. Some people will treat hens with salpingitis with an antibiotic such as amoxicillin or the banned for chickens Baytril (enrofloxacin.) Amoxicillin is available online as Aqua Mox, and dosage is 250 mg twice a day for 10 days. Antibiotics may or may not help, and there is an egg withdrawal time with either one used. Here is some reading about salpingitis:

https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/disease-guide/salpingitis