Possible egg boung or internal layer

[alaskapalo]

I have a 3 yo BO hen. For two days now she has been very lethargic and on the roost fluffed up. Star did come out tonight when I let them out to free range but only for a few minutes. I went back to check on her again and she is squatting in a nest box. However she is having fine tremors. I looked for lice and nobody had them.

Diet- still eating and drinking

Poop- white/ clear, the feathers around her vent are dirty.(This shocks me I have never seen her dirty!)

Comb- blue but still warm

Laying- hasn't layed in two days. She is usually constant

How could I tell between being egg bound and an internal layer? She was not happy when I palpated her abdomen but I did not go very deep. She then went back to the nest box.

Any ideas? If the is still the same then I will bring her in the house tomorrow.

Thank you!

 

[earlybird10842]

Bumping this post.Sorry I can't do more.

 

[casportpony]

How's your hen?

 

[alaskapalo]

She was standing in the nest this morning with her feathers all ruffled up and was looking very tired and lethargic (like she had to take the biggest poop ever). I gave her some food and water, which she excepted.

I am going to bring her into the house and give her a warm bath. She loves baths (Star is my avatar!)

I know I have read some treads on what and how to tell if a hen is egg bound and how encourage the egg to pass but I can't find them.

Any ideas?

Edited for spelling

 

[casportpony]

She was standing in the nest this morning with her feathers all ruffled up and was looking very tired and lethargic (like she had to take the biggest poop ever). I gave her some food and water, which she excepted.

I am going to bring her into the house and give her a warm bath. She loves baths (Star is my avatar!)

I know I have read some treads on what and how to tell if a hen is egg bound and how encourage the egg to pass but I can't find them.

Any ideas?

Edited for spelling

Please read both of these:
http://www.avianweb.com/sickbirdcare.html
http://www.avianweb.com/eggbinding.html

 

[casportpony]

She needs to stay in your house or someplace warm.Can you do that for her?

 

[alaskapalo]

She is now in the house. I am letting her warm up before her bath. how long should I let her stay in the tub?

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

She is now in the house. I am letting her warm up before her bath. how long should I let her stay in the tub?

I have read on here most do it for 20-30min

 

[casportpony]

She is now in the house. I am letting her warm up before her bath. how long should I let her stay in the tub?

Can you take her temperature? I wouldn't bathe her unless I knew she was warm enough as it could kill her. I'm not sure, but I think that the low end of normal for a chicken is about 102F. Even then I would try the steam option first, just to be safe. I have found that it helps to set the water heater to high, shut all doors/windows and fill the room with steam. Maybe try placing her on a heating pad set to low while in the steam. I have used the steam method with KY Jelly a couple of time with sucess. If you read the links that I posted you'll know how serious this can be.

 

[alaskapalo]

So no egg passed after the bath and I didn't feel one. I blow-dried and gave her some scrambled eggs. I still have her in the house in a warm spot, she has her head buried in her feathers and is sleeping. Very cute.

While I was inspecting my flock tonight I noted a few of them have pox!!!

I can't believe I didn't see it sooner.

But Star doesn't have the spots on her comb, could she still have symptoms? The others are younger than her so I would assume they would be less symptomatic than her.

Everyone is getting dusted and I am going to put out some electrolytes for them.

I have an insulated coop with a light should I put a heater in there to keep them warm till this passes?