Laying broken egg getting stuck in vent

[Njonesy34]

My leghorn is 7 months old and was laying great initially then she stopped randomly after switching her to layers feed. I have always had oyster shells available to my flock. She is eating and drinking but last week and again today I have had to gently pull out a broken egg out of her vent. She seems to be ok after removal but she has not laid a solid egg for weeks now and had these two episodes of a broken egg being stuck. I have given the flock layer essentials in their water as of last week to see if she was lacking some vitamins. What should I do??

 

[alexisrambles]

Hmmm... could an epsom salt soak help I wonder? If she's got an internal blockage maybe that'd help it work itself loose?

I'd actually heard that most hens with eggs breaking inside end up dead so I'm a little surprised by your story tbh.

 

[Njonesy34]

Hmmm... could an epsom salt soak help I wonder? If she's got an internal blockage maybe that'd help it work itself loose?

I'd actually heard that most hens with eggs breaking inside end up dead so I'm a little surprised by your story tbh.

I’ll try that but she acts like nothing happened when I removed them.