Hi everyone!
We have a 2 year old Easter Egger that is standing around with her neck hunkered down. I kept finding her in a nest box yesterday, but no egg. She's recently started laying again after molting and a break. Today she was just standing around looking sick, so I brought her in.
* Looks sick and just sitting (hunkered down) in cage
* Doesn't feel hard like an egg is stuck
* Little bit of gunk around one eye - not much
* Whitish discharge gunked on vent feathers - vent seems fine
* Poop is runny white with a few chunks of green (gross, sorry!)
* She ate quite a bit of scrambled egg mixed with diluted Nutri-drench when I brought her in to examine her. Otherwise, isn't eating or drinking in her cage.
About 3-4 weeks ago we culled a 2 year old Golden Comet with what I thought was a broken egg and prolapse. I thought it was just a fluke - we've never had that happen before - but now I wonder if it's related. She had a lot of similar discharge.
I'm fine working with sick chickens when I see the cause (egg binding, parasites, etc.), but I'm leery about perpetuating disease in my flock. Any ideas on what this might be and if she can recover?
Thanks!
We have a 2 year old Easter Egger that is standing around with her neck hunkered down. I kept finding her in a nest box yesterday, but no egg. She's recently started laying again after molting and a break. Today she was just standing around looking sick, so I brought her in.
* Looks sick and just sitting (hunkered down) in cage
* Doesn't feel hard like an egg is stuck
* Little bit of gunk around one eye - not much
* Whitish discharge gunked on vent feathers - vent seems fine
* Poop is runny white with a few chunks of green (gross, sorry!)
* She ate quite a bit of scrambled egg mixed with diluted Nutri-drench when I brought her in to examine her. Otherwise, isn't eating or drinking in her cage.
About 3-4 weeks ago we culled a 2 year old Golden Comet with what I thought was a broken egg and prolapse. I thought it was just a fluke - we've never had that happen before - but now I wonder if it's related. She had a lot of similar discharge.
I'm fine working with sick chickens when I see the cause (egg binding, parasites, etc.), but I'm leery about perpetuating disease in my flock. Any ideas on what this might be and if she can recover?
Thanks!