My Isa is "slug egg" bound.

[Prettygirlsfram]

*slug eggs are deformed eggs shell I think.*
The vet told me our hen, Eternity, has 2 slug eggs, the vet got one out.
Later on, like a month later Eternity lays the other. (I think, it was a rubbery "slug egg" looking thing.) but she still has some in her butt.
So she's tried to lay eggs but nothing happens. The first time she tried I felt the slug egg(s) and tried to get it out but I gave her a prolapse, I knew how to take care of that but I might of twisted her tubes and she can't lay them. but she's pooping
Now they are building up and I have. To get them out. And I can not go to the vet. I need someone to tell me how to remove the eggshell. I do not want to lose her.
*Please don't say go to the vet like Google. (Even though I made sure to say I could not go to the vet.)*
Thanks for helping.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

If she is trying to pass an egg and can't, try giving her some calcium. A calcium Citrate +D3 tablet is best but a Tums will work if that's all you have. CC+D3 is available at any store that sells vitamins/ supplements. Just open her beak by pulling down on her wattles and pop it in, she will swallow it. Best to do in evening while she is on the roost, much better than chasing and trying to catch in heat of the day. If giving Tums, cut in half.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Never heard of slug egg, maybe vet meant lash egg? Usually yellowish material made of solidified pus from an infection in the reproductive tract. If you cut it open it usually looks like layers of material inside.

 

[Prettygirlsfram]

Never heard of slug egg, maybe vet meant lash egg? Usually yellowish material made of solidified pus from an infection in the reproductive tract. If you cut it open it usually looks like layers of material inside.

That's what it looked like but just egg colored.
(Ah! Thank you so much!)

 

[Prettygirlsfram]

If she is trying to pass an egg and can't, try giving her some calcium. A calcium Citrate +D3 tablet is best but a Tums will work if that's all you have. CC+D3 is available at any store that sells vitamins/ supplements. Just open her beak by pulling down on her wattles and pop it in, she will swallow it. Best to do in evening while she is on the roost, much better than chasing and trying to catch in heat of the day. If giving Tums, cut in half.

I have tried that but I'll get more and try again.
(Thank you so much!)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have tried that but I'll get more and try again.
(Thank you so much!)

Give it to her every day for 3 to 5 days until she passes it. I thnk you can give it up to 7 days. Keep us posted, esp let us know if anything changes.

 

[Prettygirlsfram]

Give it to her every day for 3 to 5 days until she passes it. I thnk you can give it up to 7 days. Keep us posted, esp let us know if anything changes.

Will do! But do you happen to know how to remove it/them. I don't want them to overfull/overflow/overwhelm/over something and cause some type of seizure.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Remove ... what, the lash egg? No, just give her the calcium and she should pass it on her own like a regular egg. Don't dig around in her vent, you could damage her and/ or introduce bacteria inside her.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The thing is, lash eggs are a sign she has an infection inside her. Next time she passes one, take a picture of it and post it here. Then cut it open and post a picture of that, too. Now let me tag @Eggcessive , one of our Educators, and she can talk to you about the various infections that might be at play here.

 

[Prettygirlsfram]

Remove ... what, the lash egg? No, just give her the calcium and she should pass it on her own like a regular egg. Don't dig around in her vent, you could damage her and/ or introduce bacteria inside her.

Ok, got it. Just scared of losing her. (She's my younger sister's hen and we lost a little over half of our flock to dogs last year and our angel Snow to depression or something like that, she couldn't hold herself up. we're in pieces when we found out our first hens were Isa Browns. And I just hate death period. It scares me so bad.)
Oh and if it helps Eternity is 4.