Sick chicken pooped out something weird, what is it?

[Aunt Angus]

@kamac27 I'd do some research on lash eggs. It may not be what your hen "laid," but it's worth looking into. Hopefully, someone with more experience will chime in.

 

[kamac27]

I don't want to scare you, but there is a good chance that your hen has a reproductive tract infection. Is here any chance you can get her to a vet?

I don’t have an avian vet nearby, I have some baytril antibiotics, I’m wondering if that would help although I’ve read eggs from a chickens given baytril shouldn’t be eaten ever again.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

One of my buff ops, 9mo old, has been looking sick, not moving too much, puffed up, tail feathers down. I thought maybe egg bound so I brought her inside and have been doing magnesium baths. She’s been pooping runnyish poops and eating and drinking small amounts. This morning I found this in her pen, what the heck is it? Shriveled soft egg?? Thanks for any advice!

Thanks! There’s a good amount of poop from overnight so I’m hoping to see an egg today. Will keep updating

She eats food with added calcium, purina layena crumbles. Do u think she needs more calcium?

It does look like a shriveled up egg membrane.
Is she still lethargic or acting off?
If she were mine I would get extra calcium into her and direct dose her with some vitamins - Poultry Cell or Poultry Nutri-Drench at 1cc per 3 pounds of weight daily for a couple of days. For extra calcium 1/2tablet of Caltrate or in a pinch 1 TUMS for a couple of days.

See that she is drinking well. Offer her normal food.

Hopefully this is just a glitch, but if the contents of the egg "spilled" into the oviduct that can cause infection. If you have vet care that is always best so you can get some antibiotics.

 

[Aunt Angus]

It does look like a shriveled up egg membrane

That's interesting. Now that I look again, it does look shriveled - like a deflated balloon.

 

[kamac27]

Could that be a lash egg? I'm no expert, but it looks similar to lash eggs I've seen elsewhere on this site.

I opened it up and theres nothing inside so I’m not sure.

 

[casportpony]

I don’t have an avian vet nearby, I have some baytril antibiotics, I’m wondering if that would help although I’ve read eggs from a chickens given baytril shouldn’t be eaten ever again.

If she were mine I would start Baytril just in case. Yeah, some people say you shouldn't eat the eggs again, but I just wait a couple of weeks before eating mine.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

That's interesting. Now that I look again, it does look shriveled - like a delayed balloon.

If you take a look at the below images - you can see how it would be a "soft shell" egg that has been "deflated". A soft shell and/or deflated egg would be very hard to pass. I would worry about what happened to the contents of the egg, whether there is evidence that the yolk and albumen were expelled or if they traveled back up the oviduct.

A "Lash Egg" is an accumulation of layers of pus. This is due to inflammation infection of the oviduct caused by certain past respiratory illnesses and bacterial infection like E. Coli.

 

[casportpony]

The pictures in the first post look like they have blood on them.

 

[casportpony]

I had to remove this from my hen the other day:

That was stuck just inside her uterus and right behind it was a soft-shell egg.

 

[kamac27]

Update: she’s still in the house and no egg for days. She seems to be acting normal, eating and drinking but her butt feathers (see photo) are still puffed up and she’s pooping runny, greenish poops. Going to start baytril today. I’m attaching a pic of her recent poop to see if it leads to any further advice. Thanks!