Sick chicken

[Eggcessive]

What country are you in? If you have human calcium tablets give her one crushed with food. Or you can finely ground a whole egg shell and add it to some plain yogurt or a small amount of egg. She looks like she has some runny poop or some egg material on her vent area. I agree with everyone else that she may be having a problem with soft or shell-less eggs, or has had an egg break inside. Sometimes you can see an egg membrane hanging out of the vent, and the other chickens may grab it.

 

[chickens really]

I do use TUMS, but have found it will not dissolve in water I have tried many ways, it makes a powdery sludge. Better to crush it finely and stir into some yogurt, roll it into some scrambled egg, piece of cheese or something similar.

I have used my coffee bean grinder...

 

[Eggcessive]

Coffee grinder, food processor, even blender if you have some liquid in it, work. I don’t grind coffee beans anymore, so that is a good use for it, LOL.

 

[Shadimatar]

Hi sorry...
Ur chicken feeling sick I would like to know how her poop looks like

To me her stomach seems so much enlarged with fulid and I'm quite sure she's having water belly

@Eggcessive
@staceyj

@TwoCrows

Hello
Finally, today she pooped as you can see in the image

 

[Shadimatar]

What country are you in? If you have human calcium tablets give her one crushed with food. Or you can finely ground a whole egg shell and add it to some plain yogurt or a small amount of egg. She looks like she has some runny poop or some egg material on her vent area. I agree with everyone else that she may be having a problem with soft or shell-less eggs, or has had an egg break inside. Sometimes you can see an egg membrane hanging out of the vent, and the other chickens may grab it.

I'm from Israel, I gave her crushed calcium tablets with food, and soaked her in warm water with epsom salt. in the last two days, she looks good, she is pooping (not too much, but often), walking, eating (as you can see in the video link I attached) and moves normally, but she is not laying eggs and her voice little changed. today she entered to her nest in order to lay the egg, but she went out and I found no egg (she didn't lay the egg).
what do you recommend me to do ?

thank you for your help

 

[Eggcessive]

She may well be experiencing some problem with laying eggs. Some may lay an egg internally. I once had a hen who every other day spent an hour in her nest box and then rose up to sing the egg song, but never an egg. She was laying the egg into her abdominal cavity. She was what is called a false layer. Here is some reading about false layer, and some of the other reproductive disorders are listed as well for you to click on to read:
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/disorders-of-the-reproductive-system/false-layer-poultry

 

[Shadimatar]

She may well be experiencing some problem with laying eggs. Some may lay an egg internally. I once had a hen who every other day spent an hour in her nest box and then rose up to sing the egg song, but never an egg. She was laying the egg into her abdominal cavity. She was what is called a false layer. Here is some reading about false layer, and some of the other reproductive disorders are listed as well for you to click on to read:
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/disorders-of-the-reproductive-system/false-layer-poultry

I understand, what is the treatment? Should I do something for the hen ?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would continue giving a half of a calcium tablet daily that has vitamin D in it. Antibiotics are sometimes helpful to help prevent infection in the reproductive tract. Baytril or enrofloxacin is good if you can get it in Israel.

 

[Shadimatar]

I would continue giving a half of a calcium tablet daily that has vitamin D in it. Antibiotics are sometimes helpful to help prevent infection in the reproductive tract. Baytril or enrofloxacin is good if you can get it in Israel.

Hello to you and all of the users who answered and helped me, I want to inform you that my chicken is healed, she eats well, poops well and also lay eggs almost every day.
Thanks for all who answered and helped me in this case.

Best Regards
Shadi

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad to hear that she is doing well. Thanks for the update.