Pain while pooping, stuck egg, impacted crop? Favorite hen! Help!

[Eggcessive]

Glad that she passed the egg, but breaking inside probably is a sign that she had been egg bound and may be needed more calcium to help pass it. There can be a chance of infection when an egg breaks inside. Some use antibiotics, while some don’t. I would continue to give her some human calcium for a few days. Tums or 1/2 calcium tablet with vitamin D is good. I would offer some cooked egg to her and wet chicken feed in a small bowl. She may feel better now unless she has another egg coming along.

 

[HopieGirl4Ever]

Thanks guys. I just gave her some more calcium. I scrambled her an egg but she's not interested at the moment. I don't have any antibiotics to give her, but if you want me to get some, I definitely can, you'd just have to tell me what I need and how much etc.

 

[azygous]

This is what I use for most infections. https://www.revivalanimal.com/product/fish-mox?sku=22150-174 They ship pretty fast.

 

[Shezadandy]

There also is a possibility that she might be trying to pass a lash egg, one of the fleshy blobs that sometimes are found inside the abdomen after a necropsy. They are a product of salpingitis an infection of the ovary or oviduct. Hopefully, though she has a real egg or is just impacted with hard droppings, and does not have a lash egg. Here is a link about lash eggs:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/

@Eggcessive , I find myself in this exact situation. 3 1/2 y/o barred rock. At first I thought it was a regular egg, and then came bits of disgusting lash egg once I had a helper to do a better inspection. We've done calcium, extensive soaking, lubrication - and the list goes on (and on) - but it's stuck.

Do you think a flush might help break this lash egg up or get her to pass it? Somewhere on here I recall something about adding a little Listerine to water intended for a flush, though of course with a lash egg bacteria is already present. Any idea of how much Listerine I would add or should I just go with water?

I know salpingitis ends only way - but she's still eating, drinking, is a great weight etc., so I'm trying to help her get rid of this thing.

 

[Eggcessive]

@Shezadandy I think if you flush anything up into the egg tract, you can flush E.coli and other bacteria from the large intestine. So because of that I wouldn’t flush. I haven’t had this happen before. @casportpony might have a better suggestion to move the lash egg.

 

[Shezadandy]

@Shezadandy I think if you flush anything up into the egg tract, you can flush E.coli and other bacteria from the large intestine. So because of that I wouldn’t flush. I haven’t had this happen before. @casportpony might have a better suggestion to move the lash egg.

Thanks. I will check back in a bit.

 

[HopieGirl4Ever]

This is what I use for most infections. https://www.revivalanimal.com/product/fish-mox?sku=22150-174 They ship pretty fast.

Fish Mox? (Just making sure. ) I'll get some. Thank you. It won't hurt her if there's no infection to kill, will it?

 

[azygous]

It won't hurt. But we don't want to be treating every little thing with antibiotics. If she suddenly bounces back after one day on the antibiotic, which I've had happen, I discontinue the antibiotic. A chicken with a serious infection doesn't bounce back that quickly, but shows steady improvement. I then finish the ten day round of antibiotic.

You will need to feed back her eggs to her in the event she begins to lay again, and continue to feed her the eggs (meaning no one else should eat them since they will have traces of the antibiotic and that can make bacteria resistant.)

 

[azygous]

I forgot to add that you will need to confiscate her eggs for seven days after she finishes the antibiotic.

 

[HopieGirl4Ever]

Okay, I've purchased some. Will do what you said. It comes in capsules, right? (I bought the cheapest option, so the least amount, I think.) How would you recommend I give it to her, and how much a day?