Lash eggs. Is this contagious?

[hugitnotnugget]

Always a possibility, but looking back at the OP's past postings, there seems to be indication of ear infection and what seems like a hen that lost her voice for a while(?) would be interesting to know the causes of both those instances. Respiratory disease in if what most people would define as a mild case or even cold are a cause of Salpinigitis. These causes should be considered as well. Getting testing to find out if the birds are carriers of disease would be a good idea if she's loses this one.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ear-infection.1278859/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-lost-its-voice.1185850/

How old are the drakes and how many female ducks do you have. I'm afraid that my money would be on them as the most likely cause and I would definitely pen them separately from the chickens. Unless you are there with them from very early in the morning until they go to roost at night, you could easily miss them mating the hens but it is a common occurrence with drakes and chickens.

They are about 4. We have 3 drakes and 1 female. Yeah. Don’t just get unsorted ducks from tractor supply like my parents did. ‍ we keep one of male with the female and the other two are with the chickens. Guess I should separate them. Maybe just put them in a separate area at night?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't have ducks, so...but I would keep the drakes completely separate from chickens.

 

[hugitnotnugget]

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Sorry about your hen. You should do some reading about salpingitis and internal laying. When they have salpingitis or inflammation of the ovary, they can have those lash eggs or masses of solid pus and egg material, and they can go into the abdomen from above or be passed down through the egg tract. Baytril which is banned in chickens in the US, is one of the few antibiotics that will treat both E.coli, and mycoplasma, two of the organisms that can cause infection. It is not really a contageous disease, especially since there is E.coli everywhere in droppings, but it can climb up the egg tract from the vent area. So no worry about other hens. It is just a common problem in laying hens, and a common cause of death. As long as you don’t worry about eating eapggs or her meat, you can use Baytril (enrofloxacin) 0.05 ml per pound—which is 0.25 ml or 1/4 ml for a 5 pound hen. Give it orally twice a day for 5-6 days. When lash eggs occur, the infectious process has progressed, but you may be able to prolong her life with antibiotics. Here is where I recently bought Baytril and got it in 2 days:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/misc/
Order the small 100 ml bottle of 10% enrofloxacin. It is $20 and with shipping and tax, I paid $31 total.

Edited to say that I was writing after @Wyorp Rock had posted.

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Always a possibility, but looking back at the OP's past postings, there seems to be indication of ear infection and what seems like a hen that lost her voice for a while(?) would be interesting to know the causes of both those instances. Respiratory disease in if what most people would define as a mild case or even cold are a cause of Salpinigitis. These causes should be considered as well. Getting testing to find out if the birds are carriers of disease would be a good idea if she's loses this one.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ear-infection.1278859/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-lost-its-voice.1185850/

Update!!! She is doing great!!! I was not expecting her to make a recovery but her poops are normal, eating back to normal and no lash eggs! Still keeping a close eye on her but she is gaining weight and acting well! All thanks to the information I received and the med recommendations I followed. So thank you!!!

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you for the update, and glad to hear that she is stable and doing alright.

 

[Chikenshiken]

Sorry about your hen. You should do some reading about salpingitis and internal laying. When they have salpingitis or inflammation of the ovary, they can have those lash eggs or masses of solid pus and egg material, and they can go into the abdomen from above or be passed down through the egg tract. Baytril which is banned in chickens in the US, is one of the few antibiotics that will treat both E.coli, and mycoplasma, two of the organisms that can cause infection. It is not really a contageous disease, especially since there is E.coli everywhere in droppings, but it can climb up the egg tract from the vent area. So no worry about other hens. It is just a common problem in laying hens, and a common cause of death. As long as you don’t worry about eating eapggs or her meat, you can use Baytril (enrofloxacin) 0.05 ml per pound—which is 0.25 ml or 1/4 ml for a 5 pound hen. Give it orally twice a day for 5-6 days. When lash eggs occur, the infectious process has progressed, but you may be able to prolong her life with antibiotics. Here is where I recently bought Baytril and got it in 2 days:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/misc/
Order the small 100 ml bottle of 10% enrofloxacin. It is $20 and with shipping and tax, I paid $31 total.

Edited to say that I was writing after @Wyorp Rock had posted.

I know this is quite an old thread I apologize. But would you say baytril or amoxicillin is better? Or would you say it’s about the same. This person seemed to have success with baytril so I may try that

 

[Chicklover96]

No, it's not contagious, but it's not uncommon for more than one to have the same condition in a flock.
If your flock has ever had a respiratory disease - Mycoplasma or Infectious Bronchitis those would be a contributing factor. Infection from E.Coli is another possibility.

You can try treating with an antibiotic to see if that helps. Often there is more lash material in the oviduct and it will accumulate, but some report if caught early they are successful in prolonging life.
I would use Baytril to treat her https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10

https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/disorders-of-the-reproductive-system/salpingitis-in-poultry
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/134/salpingitis/

This is a really old post but I just read a post in Facebook saying lash egg was extremely contagious to other hens AND humans? I saw that and started googling and came across this thread. Is that true???

 

[Wyorp Rock]

This is a really old post but I just read a post in Facebook saying lash egg was extremely contagious to other hens AND humans? I saw that and started googling and came across this thread. Is that true???

Did you read the links provided?

No, it's not contagious, but it's not uncommon for more than one to have the same condition in a flock.
If your flock has ever had a respiratory disease - Mycoplasma or Infectious Bronchitis those would be a contributing factor. Infection from E.Coli is another possibility.

You can try treating with an antibiotic to see if that helps. Often there is more lash material in the oviduct and it will accumulate, but some report if caught early they are successful in prolonging life.
I would use Baytril to treat her https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10

https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/disorders-of-the-reproductive-system/salpingitis-in-poultry
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/134/salpingitis/