Is there any prevention for egg binding?

[casportpony]

How would olive oil in their water help? Just curious.....

It won't do a thing.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

~~If the hen is ailing because of a blockage, the olive oil will help. The olive oil helps to get things moving. This works for impacted crops, ingestion of toxic plants, and bound eggs (it doesn’t actually reach the eggs in the reproductive tract, but it helps move the manure, which alleviates blockage).Info from
http://hencam.com/faq/diagnosing-a-sick-chicken/

A dose of olive oil cant hurt

Again, olive oil gets digested, so I can't see how this would help. Mineral oil, that would get the stool moving. Try an experiment on yourself... Pick an evening and take a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and see what that effect has. Wait a couple of days and do it with mineral oil. you'll see a difference, lol.

-Kathy