White banded, calcium coated, speckled and soft shell eggs in less than a week

[kurka0]

Hello dears!
It is always a pleasure to come around here.

I have tried to investigate on the subject but everything leads to the conclusion of imminent death, but Google tends to do that, so I'm trying not to worry so much (I'm very very worried).

This is the case:
I have a sweet tinny "red sex link". Here in Panama it is really hard to find pure breeds, so I'm pretty sure this lady is not the exception.

She is about two years old. I haven't had to many problems with her, she eats like a cow but she is still skinny. Lays eggs almost everyday. Sometimes she lays soft shell eggs but I fix that with yogurt and vitamins.

Last month she had her first visit to the vet due to parasites (poo was moving). Vet treated her with two different kinds of medicine (didn't tell me the name) and one month and 150 bucks later, parasites are still a problem (doesn't have much, but there are still some adults) . And that's the main reason why I'm here bothering you and not the vet, all of you guys know lot more about chickens than our vets.

This is where the story thickens. On Friday, around 6pm, I found my hen (Alicia) in the last corner of the run, fluffy and sad. I took her out and I noticed that there was clear liquid coming out from her vent and she was like pushing. I massaged her belly and 10 minutes later there was an egg, this one was the calcium coated egg. After that she was fine.

On Saturday she was fine. In the afternoon she laid a speckled egg. Nothing weird with it.

Sunday in the afternoon she was sad again (sadder than Friday), fluffy, more clear liquid from the vent. Early that night she laid a huge egg for her (she is pretty little). That was the white banded egg.

Monday morning she laid a soft shell egg. At some point during that night, another soft shell egg and today (Tuesday) morning, another one! After that last egg, there was little clear liquid. She is a little bit in slow motion but she still goes crazy when she sees her yogurt.

Clear liquid isn't stinky btw.

Others facts that can help:
I live in hell. 30° during the day with ~34 thermal sensation. Humidity 70 to 90%. The run is under a tree. Lots of food. Lots of water. Lots of earth and grass.
She lives with a rooster and another hen. She is the real boss. And she love to chase my cats.

I will appreciate all your comments very much <3

 

[Kiki]

Worms are nasty. Did your vet give you enough medicine to treat the whole flock and then treat them all again ten days after the initial treatment? If not you will need to start over.

 

[kurka0]

Yep! The whole flock was treated.

The first round was a white powder that was put into the water. That treatment was for 7 days if I remember well. Then I went back to the vet to see if the parasites were still there and the result was positive.

So the second round started. It was with a pink liquid (sweet, I accidentally tasted it) that I had to gave them directly into the mouth. That lasted 3 days. I had to wait 14 days and then go back to the vet and again the results were positive.

Now I have to call the vet one day before going to the clinic and then he will evaluate what my options are

 

[Kiki]

Most all wormers need to be given for a few days for the first treatment then again for atlas one day about 10 days later.
It's doesn't seem like you were doing the "second" dose.
When you call find out the names of the medicines you already tried, but mention to him the "second" round of dosing and see what he has to say about that.

 

[kurka0]

I will certainly do what you say. I hope this parasites nightmare get over soon.

Do you think the excess of medicine and the persistent parasites (I believe he mentioned nematodes) has to do something with the abnormal egg festival?

 

[Kiki]

Absolutely it can have something to do with the eggs.
Worms are nasty.
They can kill even kill.

 

[Kiki]

The common roundworm medicine here only kills the adult roundworms.
Then the eggs hatch inside the body and the cycle starts all over again.
That is why it is so important to use a good wormer and use it properly.
Do you have Safeguard in Panama?
It's sold in feed stores here in the USA for horses and goats.

 

[kurka0]

I'm so sorry for not answering you until now! Very rude of me =(

Here is the follow up I should have given:
I went on the search for Safeguard everywhere, didn't have any luck and I never went back to the vet, the more I though about going back, the madder I got, so I ended up in the store that sells chicks here and they sold me a deworming tablet with these components: Ivermectin 0.5 mg + fenbendazole 30 mg + praziquantel 50 mg (endectocide + benzimidazole + isoquinoline blend) and that was it! No more stuff moving on anything! After that pill, my beloved hen started to improve her health. She started to molt, to being more active, stubborn, noisy, even more lovely and she gained weight but she has not lay a single egg since (but she sits in her nest box everyday) and now I notice that she has her belly swollen. This lady is driving me crazy!

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

This is a wonderful article from BYC on strange eggs. There might be more than worms going on, perhaps?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

 

[aart]

she has not lay a single egg since (but she sits in her nest box everyday) and now I notice that she has her belly swollen

Ascites(water belly) is a symptom of internal organ malfunction/failure....
....liver, heart, reproductive system, etc, due to disease.
Usually not a good sign.
Sexlinks are often not long lived birds and are susceptible to reproductive system failure.

Has she ever molted?
How do you deal with the heat?
A dose of electrolytes can help that.