Rubbery meat thing

[Timmmyh]

Hey does anyone know what this might be? Found it in the nesting box this arvo, feels rubbery but looks kind of meaty.

5 hens from 2yrs old to 8ish, no rooster. Had 3 eggs today.

Let me know if there is any more info I could provide that can help someone figure it out.

 

[Tevian]

I have absolutely no idea but I hope you can find out. Weird! Was there any blood or weird mucus on or around it? I would almost think it was a growth of some kind, but idk how it would become unattached from the animal if so.

 

[Sussex19]

Maybe a lash egg?

 

[TX Chick Noob]

@azygous @Wyorp Rock @casportpony
Any idea? Anyone else better to tag?

 

[Aunt Angus]

It's a lash egg, unfortunately. It's a sign of infection in the reproductive system. It's made of pus and coagulated egg material. It's a very bad sign, unfortunately. By the time you see lash material, it's usually a very advanced infection. If caught early, antibiotics may help.

 

[azygous]

To verify it as lash material from a reproductive infection called salpingitis, cut into it and examine the texture. If it's firm like cheese, it's chicken pus, a sign of bacterial infection. As @Aunt Angus said, it may be too late to treat, but you may give it a go if you choose.

If you aren't in a western state or a country that prohibits purchasing antibiotics, you can buy 250mg amoxicillin here https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/ and treat the hen that produced that glob and it may help if the infection is very early. Pop one pill into her beak each day for ten days.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I've lost two hens who had passed lash material. I hope I'm wrong

 

[rosemarythyme]

I agree it looks like a lash egg - if you still have it cut it open as azygous suggested, and look for fleshy folds of the same material inside. It can possibly be treated with antibiotics if it's a bacterial infection, but a viral infection cannot be treated. I used enrofloxacin https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/lash-egg.1441042/#post-23895564