Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

[Anon112]

I'm glad she went up to roost, that seems like a good sign.

Even if you are giving layer feed, they will always need a calcium supplement available (which is usually oyster shell).

But even when you have a supplemental calcium source available, they can still end up with a deficit or there might be an internal reason that their eggs aren't forming or passing normally. I've been learning a lot the last few months from reading threads about irregular eggs.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do the best you can to get the extra calcium into her.

With the symptoms you describe, I would suspect she's having difficulty expelling an egg, membrane or lash material.

If possible, get a bottle of Calcium Citrate+D3 and give 300mg once daily for a week. The pills are big, but you can just pull down on the wattles, pop the pill and let her swallow it.

She is about 18 months old. The night before last I went out to close up the coop and she was in the nesting box with egg yolk all over her. No shell in sight. The next day I went to check on her and she was very subdued. Since then, she has been mostly inactive and is isolating under the coop.

 

[Kel80537]

Well, look at her now! She has been out doing chicken things all day. It’s like she’s a normal girl again. I’m baffled but grateful!

 

[TioBollio]

Great news!!!

 

[PVILLAGO]

Hello!

I need some help helping my favorite hen. She is about 18 months old. The night before last I went out to close up the coop and she was in the nesting box with egg yolk all over her. No shell in sight. The next day I went to check on her and she was very subdued. Since then, she has been mostly inactive and is isolating under the coop. I have only been able to get her to take very small amounts of wet food and/or water.

I have given her a couple warm soaks with epsom salt and light massage. I’ve oiled her vent. I have no idea what the problem is or how to help. She is quiet, not making distress sounds. She mostly just stands, but when she does walk slowly, she doesn’t appear to have a waddle. She is not holding her tail down. Any ideas? I’m worried about her.

Im no expert but could the egg busted inside and she expelled the yolk OR she ate the shell?

Hello!

I need some help helping my favorite hen. She is about 18 months old. The night before last I went out to close up the coop and she was in the nesting box with egg yolk all over her. No shell in sight. The next day I went to check on her and she was very subdued. Since then, she has been mostly inactive and is isolating under the coop. I have only been able to get her to take very small amounts of wet food and/or water.

I have given her a couple warm soaks with epsom salt and light massage. I’ve oiled her vent. I have no idea what the problem is or how to help. She is quiet, not making distress sounds. She mostly just stands, but when she does walk slowly, she doesn’t appear to have a waddle. She is not holding her tail down. Any ideas? I’m worried about her.

 

[PVILLAGO]

Hello!

I need some help helping my favorite hen. She is about 18 months old. The night before last I went out to close up the coop and she was in the nesting box with egg yolk all over her. No shell in sight. The next day I went to check on her and she was very subdued. Since then, she has been mostly inactive and is isolating under the coop. I have only been able to get her to take very small amounts of wet food and/or water.

I have given her a couple warm soaks with epsom salt and light massage. I’ve oiled her vent. I have no idea what the problem is or how to help. She is quiet, not making distress sounds. She mostly just stands, but when she does walk slowly, she doesn’t appear to have a waddle. She is not holding her tail down. Any ideas? I’m worried about her.

Im no expert but she could have laid the egg and ate the shell or the shell broke inside her. I've read that Epsom salt soaks should help.