- Oct 5, 2012
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Hello everyone,
I have a conundrum. We inherited 8 chickens from my late brother in law. We brought them home to Mississippi from Ohio on the 10th of June.
One of the chickens is egg bound. She has been since we got her, we suspect she was even before we got her. (BIL was in and out of the hospital for weeks before he died, the neighbors were taking care of the his girls) She is eating, drinking, pooping/peeing. Walking around like she is fine. It's been 15 days!
We have quarantteened her in the garage in her own pen.
Given her (and all of them) lots of calcium.
We have been soaking her in warm epsom salts baths and even tried putting olive oil in her vent.
We have tried massaging the egg to move along.
The egg has moved more in position but it's not coming out.
Like I said, she acts totally normal.
Has anyone ever experienced this before? We have had chickens in the past but never experienced an egg bound one. So this is all new to us.
Thanks to anyone who can offer any advise.
I have a conundrum. We inherited 8 chickens from my late brother in law. We brought them home to Mississippi from Ohio on the 10th of June.
One of the chickens is egg bound. She has been since we got her, we suspect she was even before we got her. (BIL was in and out of the hospital for weeks before he died, the neighbors were taking care of the his girls) She is eating, drinking, pooping/peeing. Walking around like she is fine. It's been 15 days!
We have quarantteened her in the garage in her own pen.
Given her (and all of them) lots of calcium.
We have been soaking her in warm epsom salts baths and even tried putting olive oil in her vent.
We have tried massaging the egg to move along.
The egg has moved more in position but it's not coming out.
Like I said, she acts totally normal.
Has anyone ever experienced this before? We have had chickens in the past but never experienced an egg bound one. So this is all new to us.
Thanks to anyone who can offer any advise.