PumpkinChicken
In the Brooder
- Mar 10, 2023
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I have a 2 year old Silkie chicken. She laid a crushed shell weeks ago then went into a molt. I scheduled a vet appointment for 2 weeks later. She started laying again 3 days ago, the next day I took her to a vet since I had the appointment and was worried she might have an infection or egg peritonitis since the shell she laid before seemed to have some blood and there was yellow in her poop.
I've been adding crushed calcium tablets to her food already, but the vet also gave her a calcium shot.
The vet did an xray and was concerned about an ectopic egg because of the position of the egg on the xray.
My chicken normally lays one egg a day. I felt an egg inside her while at the vet and the xray shows the egg inside. But she didn't lay that day and didn't lay the next day either. She finally laid an egg today, but knowing her prolific egg laying, I'm worried about the two days where there were no eggs.
I felt her abdomen a few hours after she laid and I can feel an egg where the xray showed one. I want to ask for your opinion. Is it possible some chickens have their oviduct in strange places or is there still an egg in her abdominal cavity?
I've been adding crushed calcium tablets to her food already, but the vet also gave her a calcium shot.
The vet did an xray and was concerned about an ectopic egg because of the position of the egg on the xray.
My chicken normally lays one egg a day. I felt an egg inside her while at the vet and the xray shows the egg inside. But she didn't lay that day and didn't lay the next day either. She finally laid an egg today, but knowing her prolific egg laying, I'm worried about the two days where there were no eggs.
I felt her abdomen a few hours after she laid and I can feel an egg where the xray showed one. I want to ask for your opinion. Is it possible some chickens have their oviduct in strange places or is there still an egg in her abdominal cavity?