Rural Gardening: What is wrong with this hen?, 1 by mcamden

mcamden wrote:
She is an older hen (about 6) had been laying an egg every other day consistantly for the last year. About a week ago I noticed she had egg hanging from her butt. I got her and cleaned her up, and sprayed warm water on her backside for about 5 minutes. Since then she isn't doing very well. She is quiet, stays in the coop most of the time, sleeps on the ground, and has not laid any eggs. I tried looking, and it doesnt look like she has anything inside...but what do I do? I dont really want to go in manually and find out, but I really feel bad for her. Any ideas? The last egg she laid prior to this looked really weird. It was not her usual golf ball looking egg...but it was very long and twisted at the end like spaghetti? Really weird.