white bone(?) object in vent

[rick]

Quick post as need to investigate but hope someone’s around as looks very strange
An object could best describe as like the end of a cuttlefish shell is protruding from Betty's rear. Smooth bone like. Going to see if it moves. any ideas?
Cleaned her up and its gone now. Was like the point of a white guitar plectrum, maybe shell but thick. She's been pecked and her vent is surprisingly hard but may be scar tissue.
Isolated and looking uncomfortable.

 

[dinosaw]

My first thought was it was her pubic bone Rick but as it has disappeared......

Take a look at this chicken skeleton and see if it looks familiar

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chicken+skelton&view=detailv2&id=4B2A68EF46A79849758FB2A88DF51515FF4942F4&ccid=fd2DfjCC&simid=608020022771977440&thid=OIP.M7ddd837e3082154c7f736b7c9e15fe61H0&mode=overlay&first=1

 

[rick]

I've had to go out for the day but your right dinosaw, that's exactly what it was like. It was mobile and thank goodness I didn't encourage it any more to come out! Vets asap.

 

[rick]

Well I don't know! Her pelvis appears fine and solid (been to vet ), a small wound from pecking.
What this white thing was that isn’t there any more goodness knows (she may have passed it in the garden somewhere while I was assembling the cage - but as she lays blue eggs then I don’t think it could have been shell and was smooth, white, thick and felt like the size of a 10p inside with a blunt pointy bit sticking out.
Keeping her separate until she heals or something illuminating happens.

That's a good chicken skeleton Dino!

 

[dinosaw]

Sounds like you have a serial pecker in your midst Rick.

 

[rick]

It's Aerial! - she only does it when another is laying oddly like when Blaze was passing loose egg. Something happened with Betty before I went in the run this morning as they were all pecking a patch on the floor as if something had been dropped there. Then Aerial went for Betty's rear when she ran by and I knew what was going on. Betty hasn't laid for about a week and a half (or has she - and its been eaten?) Hope to work it out now she's separated.