Limp-soft shells-lethargic

[hunthrail]

One of my easter egger hens , who is about 8 months old, started laying about 1.5 months ago. All her eggs up until this week past have been normal. On 5/2 I noticed her out in our yard with a slight limp, but still moving around a good bit and acting normal aside from that( she's a very friendly chicken and always greets us first.). I brought her inside for the night to let her rest. The following morning, she laid a soft shelled egg.
I went out and checked our coop per usual and found the remains of a soft shelled eggs on the coop floor, I believe it was from her from the previous day .
Her limp has persisted, she has laid no more eggs, but now she will not eat. I have resorted to force feeding her after checking her crop at the end of 5/5 noticing it was completely empty.
I have soaked her in a warm bath twice in case she was eggbound(though I couldn't feel anything )
I have also ben dosing her with poultry cell the last three days
I have taken her outside the last 2 days to give her a little outdoor time instead of just being in the house.
Yesterday she at least wanted move around , even though she didn't make an attempt to eat any of the grass or peck the ground. But now she's just standing off in a corner by herself, just standing.
I have noticed also in the house in her cage, when she's just standing around,she is breathing with her mouth open .Though it isn't all the time and when holding her she does not sound abnormal.
* something to note, we are currently treating her for vent gleet- seems to be improved/cured
*no lice/mites present

 

[coach723]

Since she has laid soft shelled eggs, I would get her on a calcium supplement asap. Calcium citrate +D is the best form, better absorption, Citracal or a generic equivalent, 600-800 mg a day, every day for a couple of weeks or until she lays normally. Just pop it in her beak and push it back, she will swallow it, size is not a problem. That will help get calcium levels up, help with shell quality, and help with contractions to help expel anything she's having trouble passing. Soft eggs can be very hard to pass and make them feel very unwell. They can also take longer and back things up, leaving more than one egg in the pipeline sometimes. If one of them broke or leaked inside, that material can set up infection. Let us know if that helps.