‼️HELP‼️ Chicken with leaking vent and lethargic possibly egg bound?

[EasterChickens]

My guess is she has an advanced reproductive tract infection due to the lash egg plus the fact that she's clearly not feeling well plus the leakage. You could try antibiotics (I use enrofloxacin) but that will only treat a bacterial infection. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/lash-egg.1441042/#post-23895564

Hello rosemarythyme, thank you for your suggestions. I have also heard of feeding her plain greek yogurt. Should I feed her plain greek yogurt?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Hello rosemarythyme, thank you for your suggestions. I have also heard of feeding her plain greek yogurt. Should I feed her plain greek yogurt?

I have never given dairy to my chickens (they can't really digest it and neither can I), so I don't know if that would make any difference. I doubt it would do anything for the infection causing the lash egg.

 

[coach723]

In the picture of the lash material, the top looks like lash egg, the bottom may be a malformed egg shell. Lash material is from salpingitis, which is infection/inflammation of the oviduct. As sick as she looks, it's probably advanced, and likely will not respond to medications, but you can try. Sometimes it may buy them some time even if it' doesn't cure it. It's notoriously resistant to treatment. If you want to try to treat then enrofloxacin is often what is recommended, you can get that here: https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10?_pos=1&_sid=67a6fd1d7&_ss=r
But I would also prepare yourself that you may lose her. The leaking vent is likely a symptom of what is going on inside, it can make it hard for them to push droppings out so they get messy vents. If there are flies active where you are then flystrike is a risk, from flies laying eggs in the droppings stuck there, so if you're going to try to treat her, then you need to clean that off and keep it as clean as you can. I would not bathe her, she appears too sick and that could put her over the edge. Just use warm, wet cloths and dry her off when done. She may not want to eat as it can also slow their digestion and crop problems can accompany it also. That's also caused by what's going on in the abdomen.
More on salpingitis here:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/

 

[EasterChickens]

In the picture of the lash material, the top looks like lash egg, the bottom may be a malformed egg shell. Lash material is from salpingitis, which is infection/inflammation of the oviduct. As sick as she looks, it's probably advanced, and likely will not respond to medications, but you can try. Sometimes it may buy them some time even if it' doesn't cure it. It's notoriously resistant to treatment. If you want to try to treat then enrofloxacin is often what is recommended, you can get that here: https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10?_pos=1&_sid=67a6fd1d7&_ss=r
But I would also prepare yourself that you may lose her. The leaking vent is likely a symptom of what is going on inside, it can make it hard for them to push droppings out so they get messy vents. If there are flies active where you are then flystrike is a risk, from flies laying eggs in the droppings stuck there, so if you're going to try to treat her, then you need to clean that off and keep it as clean as you can. I would not bathe her, she appears too sick and that could put her over the edge. Just use warm, wet cloths and dry her off when done. She may not want to eat as it can also slow their digestion and crop problems can accompany it also. That's also caused by what's going on in the abdomen.
More on salpingitis here:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/

Hello coach723, thank you for your tips and suggestions. I don't have enrofloxaian right now and I'm concerned it might take too long to ship to my location since local drug stores in my area don't sell it in store. Would calcium do any good in this situation, maybe to help push out any of the leakage in the vent that could consist of egg material?

 

[coach723]

You can certainly try. If you have amoxicillin, you could use that while you wait for the enrofloxacin, if you are going to try to get that.

 

[MaritimeFlock]

When my hen went eggbound we were told by the vent to enema. Empty the liquid out of it. Then replace it with warm saline. Make sure you don’t use cold or hot saline! She passed the egg overnight!

 

[BBQ2U]

Hello everyone,

I need your help right now, my 2 year & 10 month old leghorn hen started laying soft shelled eggs a month ago. I started to feed her 1 calcium tablet (600mg) daily for 4 days but didn't see her lay an egg anymore, so I stopped with the tablets. At that time, she was still acting happy and healthy with her tail up. But about 2 weeks later she laid an lash egg. I wasn't too concerned of it, but a week after that, she started having a leaking vent which I assumed could be a ruptured egg inside of her. Now, she still has a leaking vent and is very lethargic with her tail down. Please comment any suggestions or tips ASAP.

P.S. I just edited this thread to make it a little more detailed.

Attached below is pictures of her lash egg she laid and her current status (with leaking vent) :

Much appreciated,
Valerie

I know so little, but we had a hen die this pasts February. She was egg bound. We tried everything. Her vent area needs cleaned. We placed our hen in a tub of warm water with Epsom salts to calm her At least if you clean that area up you might get a better look at what is going on. Most of my experienced friends never saw an egg bound chicken or have had problems with theirs. Most of what I found was on the Merch Manual for Chickens. You need more than luck. I have prayed for you. Here's the manual we used. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...try?autoredirectid=16879&autoredirectid=12051

 

[EasterChickens]

You can certainly try. If you have amoxicillin, you could use that while you wait for the enrofloxacin, if you are going to try to get that.

Hello again coach723, I do have amoxicillin right now but in capsule form (500mg each). What is the dose i should give to her? Should I give it to her straight inside her mouth? Inside the capsule is powder, so should I mix it with water and inject it orally?

Below is picture of amoxicillin I have (human-prescribed).

 

[EasterChickens]

I know so little, but we had a hen die this pasts February. She was egg bound. We tried everything. Her vent area needs cleaned. We placed our hen in a tub of warm water with Epsom salts to calm her At least if you clean that area up you might get a better look at what is going on. Most of my experienced friends never saw an egg bound chicken or have had problems with theirs. Most of what I found was on the Merch Manual for Chickens. You need more than luck. I have prayed for you. Here's the manual we used. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...try?autoredirectid=16879&autoredirectid=12051

Hello BBQ2U, thank you for your suggestions.

 

[EasterChickens]

When my hen went eggbound we were told by the vent to enema. Empty the liquid out of it. Then replace it with warm saline. Make sure you don’t use cold or hot saline! She passed the egg overnight!

Hello MaritimeFlock, thank you for your suggestions.