Sick Hen! Help!

[Eggcessive]

If she hasn’t laid eggs in more than a year, she may be having some reproductive problems, such as infection, internal laying, or egg yolk peritonitis. Check her for a stuck egg. Feel of her crop to see if it is empty and flat, or full and puffy or hard. Then feel of her lower belly between her legs to check if it is enlarged, soft, firm, or tight. What do her poops look like?

 

[Cherrymalibu65]

If she hasn’t laid eggs in more than a year, she may be having some reproductive problems, such as infection, internal laying, or egg yolk peritonitis. Check her for a stuck egg. Feel of her crop to see if it is empty and flat, or full and puffy or hard. Then feel of her lower belly between her legs to check if it is enlarged, soft, firm, or tight. What do her poops look like?

I checked for an egg and nothing is there, no stuck egg. Her crop is not full but not empty I seen her grazing and I also did see her drinking water. Her lower belly is very enlarged, red and firm. Her poop is white with some green small bits of poop.

 

[Eggcessive]

A hard and enlarged abdomen could be a tumor or internal laying with egg masses (lash eggs.) Oviduct cancer is common in hens. If you can post of picture of her lower belly tomorrow, that would be good.

 

[Cherrymalibu65]

A hard and enlarged abdomen could be a tumor or internal laying with egg masses (lash eggs.) Oviduct cancer is common in hens. If you can post of picture of her lower belly tomorrow, that would be good.

I cant take pictures of her now if you like.

 

[Eggcessive]

That would be good.

 

[Cherrymalibu65]

That would be good.

I had her sitting in epson salt

 

[Eggcessive]

Her bottom does look enlarged. Does she have any yellow material that looks like cooked egg material in her droppings? It looks like there might be some in her feathers below her vent.

 

[Cherrymalibu65]

Her bottom does look enlarged. Does she have any yellow material that looks like cooked egg material in her droppings? It looks like there might be some in her feathers below her vent.

yes there is yellow mterial

 

[Cherrymalibu65]

Her bottom does look enlarged. Does she have any yellow material that looks like cooked egg material in her droppings? It looks like there might be some in her feathers below her vent.

Is there anything I can do to help her?

Thank you so much for all your help

 

[Eggcessive]

I think that she may have salpingitis where there are possibly lash egg material inside her abdomen. Salpingitis is an inflammation and infection of the oviduct (the ovary) and the lash material can be deposited into the abdomen, creating masses of egg matter. I am not a vet, but she may be hurting or not feeling too well. There really isn’t a good treatment for this once you see symptoms. Some try antibiotics, but in the end, the outcome usually is death. You might see a vet for help, or xrays to confirm this. Oviduct cancer could also be possible. About the only way to know for sure what is going on is to do a necropsy and open up her abdomen after she dies or you put her down. I have had hens live for some weeks or months with this, but they soemtimes have trouble digesting food in their crop. I wish that it was something that you could treat, but I would try to make her comfortable, and feed her some cooked egg and wet chicken feed.