My Serama hen laid Salt-Cured Egg Yolk

[Mrs Wick]

She laid only a yolk that looks like a Salt-Cured Egg Yolk.
Of course what was on it was not salt (or sugar, like a candied egg yolk) but... what could it be ? Worms ?
I searched the web and didn't find anything.

She goes to the nest, stays 1hour, gets out singing like she laid

 

[MysteryChicken]

Do you have pictures? If you didn't throw it away, can you get pictures?

 

[Mrs Wick]

Here is the picture. I didn't post it because it is really like a salt-cured egg. It is on a dead leaf

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here is the picture. I didn't post it because it is really like a salt-cured egg. It is on a dead leaf

I'll tag some people who maybe able to tell you what maybe going on.

@Eggcessive
@Wyorp Rock
@azygous

 

[azygous]

From the color, I am guessing, yes, guessing, that it's not yolk but tissue sloughed off from the oviduct. Since your hen's behavior is normal, I would just watch for more of these. That could signal infection and would call for an oral antibiotic.

However, it's not normal for a hen to spend an hour in the nest without producing an egg. She likely has the urge to lay from sensations produced in her cloaca, but something may be preventing it, so watch for her behavior to change. That could signal that she's egg-bound.

 

[Mrs Wick]

thanks
I have different antibiotic
which one would likely be the most effective ?

 

[azygous]

It would help to know which antibiotics you possess.

 

[Mrs Wick]

amoxicillin, doxycycline, bactrim

 

[azygous]

Amoxicillin is a good broad spectrum med. Dosage is 250mg per day for seven to ten days.

 

[Mrs Wick]

thank you.
250mg per day, my Serama weighs 350g only, you confirm 250mg per day ?