Egg bound?

[Susuba]

I think what i was feeling might be her tail bone but im not sure

 

[Susuba]

Shes not doing the shaky head thing but is there any chance it could be gape worm?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm out of my depth here, let's call in the pros.
@azygous
@Eggcessive
@Wyorp Rock

 

[azygous]

When I have a hen acting strangely with symptoms like yours, I pop a calcium tablet into her right away. It can go to work on a stubborn egg, helping to get it out before it saps the hens' energy reserves. It is not harmful if the problem isn't due to an egg.

As for gape worm, if you're in the US, it's very rare. More common in other parts of the world.

Chickens are like reptiles sometimes because they're cousins, sharing common ancestry with dinosaurs.

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree to give a human calcium tablet with vitamin D. They can have stridor when a small piece of feed gets stuck inside the airway opening. Other causes if it lasts more than a few hours or if accompanied by sneezing and head shaking, are respiratory diseases. Gapeworm is rare, but in tropical places such as Hawaii it can be more common. However, with gapeworm, they are struggling to breathe so much, that they cannot eat or drink. Could she be uneasy or excited about being inside? Most worms in chickens can be treated with Valbazen 1/2 ml orally once and repeated after 10 days, or give SafeGuard liquid goat wormer orally 1/4 ml per pound given for 5 days. Shake either medicine well before using a needle less syringe to draw them up.

 

[Susuba]

I m not sure about her being excited about being inside. She was raised in the house for the first 5 months since we got them in december lol do you think shed remember?
I went to check on her and she laid and doesnt seem to be panting anymore.Shes eating a drinking thank goodness. She almost sounds like she has a stuffy nose!
The egg definitely looks different than what she normally lays. The shape is the same but the color it two toned.
The picture is of the egg from today and an example of the shade hers usually is-its not her egg though, hers is the same size as the one from today

 

[BigBlueHen53]

To clarify: her egg today is the big one on the right? But it's normally the color of the one on the left, which is not her egg, but another hen's?

 

[Susuba]

You got it

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I went to check on her and she laid and doesnt seem to be panting anymore.Shes eating a drinking thank goodness. She almost sounds like she has a stuffy nose!
The egg definitely looks different than what she normally lays. The shape is the same but the color it two toned.

Glad she expelled the egg.

I'd continue to give her Calcium for a couple of more days and see that she's eating/drinking her normal feed.

I'd put her with her flock and monitor her.