Soft shell

[Urban chicken tender]

This my second time posting the first was a huge help
Anyways one of my girls has been off ( she is my most vocal )
Fluffed feathers tail down not wanting to move much I thought she was cold at first I brought her in last night and brought her back this morning so she could have yard time with the girls
She is still off tonight I brought them all in ( just because and they are tearing up the basement like a teenage party)
Anyway after googling I checked her for egg bound her crop is a lot title squishy not full no feeling no of being egg bound she is moving her vent like there is something there and looking at it I think a soft shell is broken in there not a lash I did pull some shell out I think the rest is still in there I'm gonna try some saline to flush
Any ideas are help
Pic of her discharge if that helps

 

[Wyorp Rock]

This my second time posting the first was a huge help
Anyways one of my girls has been off ( she is my most vocal )
Fluffed feathers tail down not wanting to move much I thought she was cold at first I brought her in last night and brought her back this morning so she could have yard time with the girls
She is still off tonight I brought them all in ( just because and they are tearing up the basement like a teenage party)
Anyway after googling I checked her for egg bound her crop is a lot title squishy not full no feeling no of being egg bound she is moving her vent like there is something there and looking at it I think a soft shell is broken in there not a lash I did pull some shell out I think the rest is still in there I'm gonna try some saline to flush
Any ideas are help
Pic of her discharge if that helps

I'd make sure she's drinking well and staying hydrated.
Give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 now, then once daily for a week.
Hopefully she'll expel the material.

See that she's eating a nutritionally balanced poultry feed and provide Oyster Shell free choice.

 

[Urban chicken tender]

I'd make sure she's drinking well and staying hydrated.
Give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 now, then once daily for a week.
Hopefully she'll expel the material.

See that she's eating a nutritionally balanced poultry feed and provide Oyster Shell free choice.

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I will get some today I may sound naive but what's the best way to administer I am assuming pulverize and add to water
And thank you

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I will get some today I may sound naive but what's the best way to administer I am assuming pulverize and add to water
And thank you

You can poke the tablet intact down her throat.

If this gives you pause, as it does for me, you can crush up the calcium tablet with the back of a spoon and add it to something tasty. I have done this with tiny Sheba cat food packets, and it’s gobbled down with no leftovers.

Some pics from back in the day:

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Note: each tablet is only 300 mg, but it should be enough. I just pull down gently on their wattles so they open their beak and pop the pill in. It helps to know a chicken can swallow a toad or a mouse no problem! I do this at night once they are on the roost and it's dark and they're settled. I use a flashlight I've colored with a red marker, it doesn't disturb them much. That way I don't have to distress them by chasing them during the day.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@Mother of Chaos's method is wonderful too, I might start doing that. But I would separate the chicken long enough to treat her so her sisters don't end up stealing her Rx!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I will get some today I may sound naive but what's the best way to administer I am assuming pulverize and add to water
And thank you

You can crush it and add it to a small treat if you wish, the most important thing is to get it into her.

I just grab the hen, pull down on the wattles, pop the tablet right into the beak, let go of the wattles and let her swallow. The tablets seem large, but a hen can swallow that just fine.