Possible egg boung or internal layer

alaskapalo

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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.
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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!
 
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.
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Any ideas?

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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.
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Any ideas?

Edited for spelling
Please read both of these:
http://www.avianweb.com/sickbirdcare.html
http://www.avianweb.com/eggbinding.html
 
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?
 
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.
 
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!!!
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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?
 

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