Soft shells, shell-less, now vent oozing

[Melancholy Bear]

We have a 2-year-old buff orpington who has been having egg problems. First it would be soft eggs, then shells with no eggs, then shell-less eggs. Now she is oozing yellowish White from her vent, and it looks swollen. She won't eat or drink currently, very lethargic. Comb color looks red still. Tonight is going to be below freezing, so I don't really want to soak her. Any ideas of what this is or what we can do?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Can you feel her abdomen?
What's her diet?
What's her crop like before she's eaten?

 

[Melancholy Bear]

Can you feel her abdomen?
What's her diet?
What's her crop like before she's eaten?

I will try to feel it tonight. What am I feeling for?
Diet is layer pellets, with occasional snacks of fermented grains
Not sure about the crop and how I can get to her in the morning.
I see she's drinking a little right now, so that's good.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

I will try to feel it tonight. What am I feeling for?

It should not feel 'squishy' or 'watery' basically.

Diet is layer pellets, with occasional snacks of fermented grains
Not sure about the crop and how I can get to her in the morning.
I see she's drinking a little right now, so that's good.

It's good that she's drinking, good luck!

 

[Eggcessive]

Bring her in to a dog crate with food and water. Give her a human calcium citrate with vitamin d tablet into her beak to swallow right away, and continue that daily for the next 7 days. Tums could be substituted once until you get the calcium. That can help her pass an egg and thicken her shells. Walmart has some for $9 here:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MItc3o8MvJjAMVtEf_AR2JUywtEAQYASABEgL98vD_BwE

 

[Melancholy Bear]

Bring her in to a dog crate with food and water. Give her a human calcium citrate with vitamin d tablet into her beak to swallow right away, and continue that daily for the next 7 days. Tums could be substituted once until you get the calcium. That can help her pass an egg and thicken her shells. Walmart has some for $9 here:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MItc3o8MvJjAMVtEf_AR2JUywtEAQYASABEgL98vD_BwE

So I was able to hold her while my wife checked. She cleaned her up, probed and found an obstructed egg that hadn't come out. She was able to help her push it out. The egg was super-hard. She tends to lay large eggs and she's sorta skinny, so she will probably tend to have more stuck eggs. It seems like the yellowish white liquid was oozing around the egg. She had some prolapse as well. We gave her some antibiotic on bread, forced into her mouth just in case she has an infection. We made her drink some with it.

Is the calcium citrate and vitamin D tablet ideas you were thinking for unformed/malformed eggs?

Is there something to be done for a hen with stuck eggs and prolapse? Would the calcium citrate and vitamin D help with that too?

 

[Melancholy Bear]

Bring her in to a dog crate with food and water. Give her a human calcium citrate with vitamin d tablet into her beak to swallow right away, and continue that daily for the next 7 days. Tums could be substituted once until you get the calcium. That can help her pass an egg and thicken her shells. Walmart has some for $9 here:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MItc3o8MvJjAMVtEf_AR2JUywtEAQYASABEgL98vD_BwE

Also, can they swallow huge tablets or do you cut them up small?

 

[CrazyChickains]

Also, can they swallow huge tablets or do you cut them up small?

I have had to give one of my hens calcium citrate with d3, and it helps to have one person hold the Hen and one person open the beak and put the tablet in. If it seems really big just know that chickens can and will swallow mice, frogs, and other things whole.