My hen Dinah has been acting lethargic lately. She's been laying thin shelled eggs but occasionally I find one of her eggs with excess calcium deposits. I have always given them oyster shell and their own egg shells for them. When she wouldn't get up this morning, I suspected egg binding. She keeps pumping her vent and she has watery poop.
I gave her calcium, rubbed some Vaseline on her vent and given her two warm baths. When I finally managed to insert my finger inside her vent to feel for an egg, I couldn't feel anything. I was able to insert my finger over 2 inches in and then she defecated, again very watery.
She seems more alert now than she was this morning. She's also eating and drinking just fine. Is she just constipated?
I gave her calcium, rubbed some Vaseline on her vent and given her two warm baths. When I finally managed to insert my finger inside her vent to feel for an egg, I couldn't feel anything. I was able to insert my finger over 2 inches in and then she defecated, again very watery.
She seems more alert now than she was this morning. She's also eating and drinking just fine. Is she just constipated?