White sac passed from vent

[chickmama2014]

First time having a sick one and I’m not sure if I did this right. Yesterday she had a tube looking sac coming out of her vent. I gave her a mash with a crushed up tum.
Today she was still on the roost when the other ladies had all come out to range. I made the soak box this morning and stuck her in it. Was trying to give her scrambled egg with another tum and a little squirt of nutridrench.
She wouldn’t eat it while in the box but I isolated her and added some feed with water to the egg mix. Hoping when I get home from work today she’ll have ate that all up. What else should I do for her?

 

[Eggcessive]

The tube-looking thing is most likely a shell-less odd egg, which can be a one time glitch or it could signal a reproductive disorder. I would get some human calcium citrate with D 3 (Walmart has a $9 bottle available—Equate or Spring Valley brand,) and give her 1 tablet into her beak to swallow daily for up to 7 days. That could help her shells become hard. Is she on a layer type feed and does she have crushed oyster shell available for taking in a separate container from feed?

 

[chickmama2014]

The tube-looking thing is most likely a shell-less odd egg, which can be a one time glitch or it could signal a reproductive disorder. I would get some human calcium citrate with D 3 (Walmart has a $9 bottle available,) and give her 1 tablet into her beak to swallow daily for up to 7 days. That could help her shells become hard. Is she on a layer type feed and does she have crushed oyster shell available for taking in a separate container from feed?

I did crush a tums yesterday and today for her. But I mixed in food. What’s the best way to orally medicate a chicken? I’ve tried once before and it went horribly.
She is on an all flock feed because I have a rooster and a silkie. I do give separate oyster shells and their egg shells crushed back to them also in a separate bowl. I am suspect she is a hen that laid a soft egg more than a month or so ago. I tried to give her nutri drench at that time which was the time the oral meds didn’t go well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Tums is okay to use, but I would give it directly into her beak. You would want to break it in two and just pop it into her beak.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a thread with different methods:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tips-giving-pills-to-chickens.1568469/

Here is a video on giving oral medications:

 

[chickmama2014]

Here is a thread with different methods:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tips-giving-pills-to-chickens.1568469/

Here is a video on giving oral medications:

Thank you I will watch that as soon as I am off work today.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You might find it helpful to medicate at night, either after they've roosted or early morning, whatever works best for you. That way you don't have the rodeo of chasing and trying to catch during the heat of the day.

 

[chickmama2014]

You might find it helpful to medicate at night, either after they've roosted or early morning, whatever works best for you. That way you don't have the rodeo of chasing and trying to catch during the heat of the day.

That is a good idea. I don’t think of evenings after they’ve roosted because I feel like I am disturbing them all, but that would be way easier!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That is a good idea. I don’t think of evenings after they’ve roosted because I feel like I am disturbing them all, but that would be way easier!

It doesn't disturb them much. They may grumble a bit. Even less if you invest a couple of bucks in a cheap headlamp with a red light option. They're so cheap (wal mart sporting goods section) you can afford to buy several to have on hand. Chickens don't see well in red light. This is a wonderful way to worm, treat scaly leg mites, wharever. Good luck!