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[blippitydar]

Any one able to help identify this? Found it in the nest when I went to check for eggs sitting in what looks a bit of poop. No egg. Don’t know if it conveys in the pic but it’s solid, very much the look and texture of raw chicken. I’m confused.

 

[nuthatched]

Lash material, one of your girls has a reproductive infection.

 

[Eggcessive]

Cut it in half and post another picture. You should see onion-type layers of coagulated material. It is called salpingitis, inflammation of the oviduct, and can be caused by a bacterial or viral infection. Lash egg material can be very tiny bits or large and egg-shaped. It is very common in some hens usually over 2-3. Here is some reading about it:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/

 

[blippitydar]

Thank you both for setting me on the right track. Has not happened since but am continuing to monitor. This hen has not been laying for over a year now; otherwise eating, drinking, behaving (dust bathing, foraging, etc) as per usual. Will try to post update on progression/treatment.

 

[Eggcessive]

How old is your hen? I had a few hens who stopped laying early in life. They had been exposed to a respiratory virus when young. But I never saw lash eggs as many do, except for once when I did a necropsy at home. Many times if they are passed in the nest box or elsewhere, the other chickens may eat them.

 

[blippitydar]

She's about 2 yrs old. I noticed just last week that she had begun 'crouching' again when approached, and thought she was maybe fixing to start laying again, then found the lash egg. Wondering if that's what instigated her crouching and trying to lay. Still monitoring.