One of my hens, Rosalee, laid a broken egg, im worried.

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AngieC

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Does anyone know what i need to do with a chicken who looked a little out of sorts, then laid a broken egg. I only saw about a 3rd of the shell and the runny egg being laid. The shell was normal not soft.
I suspect this means the rest is still inside of her and her cloaca was pertruding a bit.

I love my girls and really want to do all i can. Unfortunately I had to go to work, but will go back as soon as I know what i can do.

Unfortunatly my vets do not cover poultry and i only have a haynes manual.

Any advise would be really appreciated. Thank you

From Angie and Rosalee the hen. x

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Re: One of my hens, Rosalee, laid a broken egg, im worried.
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2011, 13:02 »
Hi Angie,

Sorry your first post on this forum is becasue of problems :(

If you think that Rosalee has retained part of a broken shell, then she really needs to see a vet - she will almost certainly need antibiotics.  If your vet doesn't do poultry, perhaps there is one on this list  http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=26140.0 which is close by.

Do you have any other hens?  When you get back form work, give her a good check over.  If she was in a pen with other chickens if she was prolaped a little, it can encourage other hens to peck at it.

Good luck, and let us know how you get on :)


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