Possible internal broken egg? Ideas for treatment.

[Lilion]

So my hen isn't eating and I don't think drinking for a day or two. I went ahead and caught her and brought her in the house today, gave her a soak and washed her very yellow crusted bottom. I believe this is soft egg shell, maybe?

I'm not sure what to do to treat her. Since she's not eating at all, I bought some nutri-drench and gave her a bit by syringe. I've left more in a water dish for her. I also purchased some Probiotics but haven't given that yet. My Tractor Supply is very poorly stocked on chicken meds.

I felt her belly and vent area and its not at all distended. I didn't feel internally...I'm a bit squeemish...and really, the lack of any distension makes me pretty sure she isnt egg bound.

Any advice is welcome.

 

[Bawkbok]

After bathing her, ensure you blow dry her thoroughly given the cold weather or don't put her back outside until she is fully dry.

If she were mine, I would give her a 300 mg Calcium Citrate with D3 vitamin tablet. One a day for 5 -7 days. It can be purchased wherever vitamins are sold, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, etc. This will help with contractions to release any other shell material that may be inside her and provide an extra calcium boost. It is a large pill but they can swallow it without issue. Open her beak and pop it in. You can gently pull down on her wattles and when she opens her mouth, place it in or you can hold her under your arm like a football and open her beak with one hand and place the pill in with the other. Don't give the calcium for more than 7 days.

I would not place a finger in her vent - this is uncomfortable for them and you could accidentally tear a blood vessel.

Is she eating and drinking normally? How old is and when was the last time she laid a normal egg? Is she a new layer. New layers can sometimes lay soft shelled eggs until their body regulates which can take some time.