Sunshade82
Songster
This morning one of my 10 month old pullets was acting lethargic with her tail down and had diarrhea. (We lost our first chicken suddenly last week so I was worried it was connected.)
For a while now, she has been laying her egg off the roost before the sun comes up and today there was no egg. I wondered if she was egg bound?
I brought her in and gave her an epsom salt bath. While I was blow drying her off she had a normal poop and laid this egg with no shell or membrane (idk if poop or egg came first)
She seems more perky and alert and is talking but also hasn’t walked around at all. She preened a bit then got tired and closed her eyes. I tried to give her electrolyte water but she wouldn’t drink. We scrambled her an egg and she gobbled it up.
Is there something else I need to do? Do you think this weird egg was the problem?
For a while now, she has been laying her egg off the roost before the sun comes up and today there was no egg. I wondered if she was egg bound?
I brought her in and gave her an epsom salt bath. While I was blow drying her off she had a normal poop and laid this egg with no shell or membrane (idk if poop or egg came first)
She seems more perky and alert and is talking but also hasn’t walked around at all. She preened a bit then got tired and closed her eyes. I tried to give her electrolyte water but she wouldn’t drink. We scrambled her an egg and she gobbled it up.
Is there something else I need to do? Do you think this weird egg was the problem?