Help! Chicken laying bubble “egg” and squatting/ penguin stance

[Jbyrd212]

It looks like she is prolapsed now. Keep the vent clean and apply an ointment or cream to the vent to keep it from drying out. A daily soak in warm water daily may help with healing. Repeat the calcium after 24 hours.

Eggcessive, thank you for your resourceful knowledge again.
Yes, I suspected that, but now her vent has possibly retracted to looking normal again. Kinda like a coin slot. I have her in a small transport crate with bedding, food, and water. Gave her a 15 min. epsom soak + applied cortisone prior. Should I keep her contained in it for the day (11:00 a.m. CST here) + overnight?
I will give her the calcium again at 9:00 p.m.
However, part of me feels she should have 300 mg vs. the 600 mg I gave her last night. Or do I keep her at 600?

 

[Jbyrd212]

Update: 1:50 p.m. CST
I go to check on Pecker and it looks like she has a shavings nest. Sure enough…she laid an egg!
However, I haven’t checked what her vent looks like now and the shell itself is still sorta thin. Thus, Pecker can definitely do with more calcium tablets .
Do I still have her take them for another 4 to 5 days? Tonight will be day 2. And what dosage? Still 600 mg or drop down to 300 mg based on her swelling this morning?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Keep doing what you're doing for the five full days. Then check back here and let us know for some discussion on whether to stop or continue. It's great that you're seeing results already!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sorry, I missed the part of the convo about her being prolapsed. @Eggcessive is far more knowledgeable and experienced than I on that matter, so do as she advises.

 

[Eggcessive]

As I understand 300 to 600 mg of calcium is okay to give once a day with either egg binding or a prolapse. I would keep her crated until tomorrow, when you can see if she is still keeping the prolapse in.

 

[Eggcessive]

Give the calcium once a day for up to 7 days or until the shell seems stronger.

 

[Jbyrd212]

As I understand 300 to 600 mg of calcium is okay to give once a day with either egg binding or a prolapse. I would keep her crated until tomorrow, when you can see if she is still keeping the prolapse in.

I fell asleep early last night. She was reunited with her flock in the evening (after being crated all day) free ranging and went to sleep with them. She seemed way happier and alert after being reunited. Doesn’t like being separated. I didn’t give a calcium tablet last night. I will tonight. I am going to soak her in epsom salt again shortly. As for her vent. This morning, it was still coin slot normal looking. When pooping, I can see it protrude just a tad, but then it goes right back in. I would like to see if she can lay another egg today. If it’s the straining/soft egg again, I will be consistent in calcium tablets every night. I accidentally fell asleep before I could give her another calcium tab.

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds like she is happy with her flock, and that you have a good handle on the problem. Let us know how she gets along.