What is this.

[Murty]

Hi
I would like some advice my hen has excreted this from her, see pic. I am going to treat with parazole wormer but has anyone ever seen this before. Shed some light.

 

[Murty]

 

[Murty]

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It's the pale pink thing in above pic, I Dont know what to do or what it is. My hen is about 4

 

[nuthatched]

Can you stomach opening it? It's a lash egg. It could be a sign of reproduction issues.

 

[Murty]

Hi thanks for your reply, ya pulled it apart and it's fatty, but from googling it that looks like exactly what it is. Thank you, so I guess I need to get an antibiotic for her. She hasn't laid in about a year but I know she has vent gleet at the minute which may be a reason behind this.

 

[BDutch]

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Can you stomach opening it? It's a lash egg. It could be a sign of reproduction issues.

Do you suspect she has worms? Or do you see worms?
I wouldn’t deworm her if that’s no issue. Medicine for deworming have side effects and are not good for their health if there is no worm infestation.

 

[Murty]

I honestly didn't know what that thing was so I thought it might be worm or parasite related. That's the second one of those I found. The first one was last week and when I opened the coop I thought it was a rat foetus it was shaped like that and rubbery but nothing inside it and the same with the one today. So I can say now it proberly came out of her from her seeing as she hadn't come out of her coop today. I carried her out and she started eating like crazy, more than she ever does. They have free range during the day and a safe enclosed area at night. I just have 2 hens and a rooster. The 2 hens are ex battery hens I rescued so I try to give them a good life and look after them as best I can. I will ask the vet about it and hope he can give me something that will help her

 

[Sally PB]

Look up ways to treat salpingitis. That's what a lash egg indicates: a reproductive infection. You can search here on BYC too; there are lots of threads about it. Search for "lash egg" or "salpingitis."

 

[coach723]

https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/
Salpingitis is an infection or inflamation of the oviduct. Most commonly Baytril (enrofloxacin) is used to treat it, if you have the option of vet care they can test to see what antibiotic might be best. However, it's very stubborn and often does not respond to treatment. When they pass the lash material they often feel better for a while, but the underlying condition remains, and it will continue to progress. Sometimes the oviduct can become completely blocked with the lash material. In some birds it just builds up inside and they never pass any, it's found at necropsy. Antibiotics usually are not very effective unless they are started very early on, and often the condition is not known until it's pretty advanced. They hide the symptoms really well until they are pretty ill. No reason not to try to treat if that's what you want to do, just know that there is the possibility it may not help. The antibiotics might also buy her some time, very hard to say. Some birds live a fair amount of time with the condition, I've had them live 18 months, some will pass much quicker. They generally don't ever lay again. It's not contagious in the general sense, but it's also not uncommon. I've lost several to it. I'm not trying to sound negative, just be realistic.