Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[sandyhas3chucks]

My NON Battery rescue hybrid laid lear part of a softee abot 6pm last night. Up to then she had been fine. By 9pm she had not expelled a shell though had seen itr earlier & unabvle to assist as she wad not pushing & she had mini prolapse her one & only other softee. She drinking loads(as they seem to with softee) Expelled much liqid, could not tell from bedding if there was a shell this morning or not but there seemed to be yolk. Naturally she is hunched up & miserable, had very very little snack 1st thing but only lots of water since. she is now huddled up comfortably on her nest.

so how long should I leave her? i know they can take a real long time sometimes to get rid of it all.(last time after evening softee she laid normal one in the morning) not so just now

[The Dogmother]

You really should take her to the vet soonest with something like that, especially if you're not sure whether it has all been expelled. They can get an infection very quickly from retained egg debris.

 

I always say that if in doubt, get them to the vet - you'd be kicking yourself if you were sat there with a dead hen.

 

Have a look at the courses board and see if there's an advanced course near you - thatwoudl give you the confidence to deal with this sort of situation, and know when to go to the vet, and what is treatable at home. You might need to get back to the courses board later - I've just checked and they still haven't been able to fix the glitch and most of the courses aren't showing

[ClaireG]

I agree with Claret, the vets sounds like the best place for her. The advanced course is excellent and gave me a lot of confidence in knowing when i could treat myself or when i needed to go to the vets.

[sandyhas3chucks]

thanks Claret I think I would have by now but GOOD NEWS she came out herself did a sloppy egg white type pooh, but when I looked in the nest she had expelled yesterdays shell like chewing gum, & done a today egg cpmplete with a membrane shell. She is now hap eating in her/their brand new run outside our back door. But thank you.

Do you know what the vet might have been able to do though, can you help them, would helping them brake the one that was coming?

[sandyhas3chucks]

oops posts over lapped. I must look into the corses been a bit busy what with poorly chooks with one thing and another. I did think that if shew was the sme by 4.30 I would all the vet but she came out abot 3.30 & I have been busy with OH putting our Avaries4 you run together.

Thanks again

[The Dogmother]

Vets will do everything they can to avoid breaking an egg inside a hen as this almost always ends with peritonitis.

 

Try upping her calcium intake to strengthen the shells and the contractions needed to lay the shells. Limestone flour or Davinova will do the trick.

[sandyhas3chucks]

funny thing is this partiular girl always lays perfect eggs will update ifnot back to normal tommorrow. So what do they do? is there an injection or something that helps expell what is there?

[Christian]

Yes Sandy, they can inject to induce small contractions. It is used as a last resort as it can make the hen feel quite poorly. It does work though and better to have the egg out than stuck inside.

 

A vet is also better equipped to do 'an internal' and can sometimes turn the egg to get it out manually.

 

Glad she has passed the egg now