Soft egg possibly broke inside

[Jgarza77]

Hello, I have a 2 year old brahma bantam who may have a soft shell egg stuck. She has been acting lethargic for about 12 hours. She started off passing clear/white droppings, and now is passing what looks like egg white. She laid a soft shell 3 days ago and has had issues with them before but they never came out broken. What can I do to help her?

 

[picklestheduck]

@azygous
@Wyorp Rock

What I did for my hen who had the same issue is put her on vacuum and antibiotics. Hopefully someone more experienced will chime in. Good luck

 

[Jgarza77]

@azygous
@Wyorp Rock

What I did for my hen who had the same issue is put her on vacuum and antibiotics. Hopefully someone more experienced will chime in. Good luck

How did she turn out, and what is vacuum; like flush her out? Thank you for responding

 

[Jgarza77]

How did she turn out, and what is vacuum; like flush her out? Thank you for responding

I was actually able to manually remove a lot of egg and soft shell earlier today. She is still pretty lethargic but seemed to want to roost with the flock so I let her stay outside. I really hope she's OK in the morning

 

[Eggcessive]

I would use some human calcium with vitamin D—calcium citrate is good or whatever you may have at the moment. One tablet daily orally a few days or for a week. Even Tums. Antibiotics may help to prevent infection. Enrofloxacin 10% liquid is good, or you can use amoxicillin (Aqua Mox online.)

 

[picklestheduck]

How did she turn out, and what is vacuum; like flush her out? Thank you for responding

Sorry, I meant calcium, but it auto corrected.

 

[picklestheduck]

I would use some human calcium with vitamin D—calcium citrate is good or whatever you may have at the moment. One tablet daily orally a few days or for a week. Even Tums. Antibiotics may help to prevent infection. Enrofloxacin 10% liquid is good, or you can use amoxicillin (Aqua Mox online.)

 

[Jgarza77]

I would use some human calcium with vitamin D—calcium citrate is good or whatever you may have at the moment. One tablet daily orally a few days or for a week. Even Tums. Antibiotics may help to prevent infection. Enrofloxacin 10% liquid is good, or you can use amoxicillin (Aqua Mox online.)

Thank you, I did do a crushed calcium + d3 mixed in yogurt earlier. That was before I was able to expell the egg yolk. I have some enrofloxacin actually but it's about 18 months old! Should I still use it?

 

[Jgarza77]

I would use some human calcium with vitamin D—calcium citrate is good or whatever you may have at the moment. One tablet daily orally a few days or for a week. Even Tums. Antibiotics may help to prevent infection. Enrofloxacin 10% liquid is good, or you can use amoxicillin (Aqua Mox online.)

Not sure if you saw my last post, Iwas actually able to manually remove a lot of egg and soft shell earlier today. She is still pretty lethargic but seemed to want to roost with the flock so I let her stay outside. I really hope she's OK in the morning