Wierd egg sick chicken?

[Eggcessive]

Your d3 in the probiotic mix can work with Tums for now, but it is easier to keep some calcium with vitamin d3 tablets for later use. The egg looked a bit like the egg within an egg phenomena. Odd eggshells can be a onetime thing, but could be a sign of past infectious bronchitis virus exposure, stress, or infection. Egg shell problems are common in chickens. The link above for common egg quality problems is a good one to see how many defective shells and what may cause them. My flock once had infectious bronchitis, and so for 9 years, I have seen odd shells and later, salpingitis, and other reproductive problems. I would try the calcium and the amoxicillin to see if it helps. Sometimes I think that some sellers will pass on their hens with problems. Hopefully, your seller did not do that.

 

[Katz222]

No. If anything is visible in the stool, that would mean that she has a very high worm load. Most internal parasites aren't visible to the naked eye. Since she's new to you, I wonder if coccidiosis could be a problem. @Wyorp Rock or @azygous I know that adults generally have built a resistance up to this, but if she's at a new location, is this a possibility? @Katz222 If you can have her poop checked by a vet, they can tell you after doing a fecal float.

 

[Katz222]

Your d3 in the probiotic mix can work with Tums for now, but it is easier to keep some calcium with vitamin d3 tablets for later use. The egg looked a bit like the egg within an egg phenomena. Odd eggshells can be a onetime thing, but could be a sign of past infectious bronchitis virus exposure, stress, or infection. Egg shell problems are common in chickens. The link above for common egg quality problems is a good one to see how many defective shells and what may cause them. My flock once had infectious bronchitis, and so for 9 years, I have seen odd shells and later, salpingitis, and other reproductive problems. I would try the calcium and the amoxicillin to see if it helps. Sometimes I think that some sellers will pass on their hens with problems. Hopefully, your seller did not do that.

I will look into this. I thought about salpingitis too. I don't know what her past history of illness is. She finally ate some watermelon and other fruit today and a little bit of pellets. I hope she's taking a turn for the better. I am getting the vitamins today. She came from my sisters. She's had a heavy predator issue and lost many chickens and chicks, turkey poults and guinea chicks. We split the ones that survived between myself and my mom.

 

[Katz222]

I have a 2.5 yr old buff orpington. I just got her about 8 days ago. 4 or 5 days ago she laid this egg (pic added). Since she has slowly gone off her food and today she has an empty crop. She is drinking. I was told this is not a lash egg but just abnormal and probably a calcium issue. I was wondering about this Tums booster idea. Can it be crushed and fed by syringe? She's not eating anything so I think I'd have to force feed her. I also have probiotics that had vit d3 and other vitamins I am planning on giving her. Her feed before I got her was broiler feed. She's now on egg layer pellets but hasn't eaten enough to make an impact. She's getting very thin. This egg was huge, super soft. The yolk was normal but the whites were watery. It had this tissue all lumpy around it a piece of tissue that hung off itView attachment 2770469View attachment 2770470View attachment 2770471View attachment 2770472

Just wanted to let you all know she's better. I had to force feed her for several days making sure she got all those vitamins, electrolytes and supplements along with her mash. She is full of energy, eating VERY well and layed a normal egg 3 days ago. Thank you all for your advice.

 

[Eggcessive]

That is very good news. Thanks for the update.