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    Eggbound Chicken? Need advice

    So I stumbled across this thread (https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=120841&p=1) and it looks like a bunch of people have experienced this! My hen's swelling is not as bad as those pictures (yikes!), but she still has that weird balance issues. No one else mentioned that...
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    Bald butt and swollen below vent.

    This is so crazy, I am comforted to see other people have (unfortunately) experienced this as well, I thought my Stella had some weird rare issue that I could find NO information about. She has that weird swollen area, not as bad as some of those pictures (yikes!) but she also has the added...
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    Eggbound Chicken? Need advice

    Quote: She is a regular layer, it is now day 3 without any eggs. I will keep an eye out for prolapse, maybe try giving her some yogurt.
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    Eggbound Chicken? Need advice

    Quote: Thanks for the reply. When you say prolapse do you mean is there any internal organs coming out? No. Her vent looks normal, nothing coming out. If you are talking about organs being displaced inside, I have no clue... I do have some pictures but I dont know how to attach them...
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    Eggbound Chicken? Need advice

    Quote: Thanks, I will try again. I'm not sure I was checking properly when I was investigating her vent. I read that the duct the egg comes from is up off the main vent. How far in do I have to go? Any tips for that? She is not miserable, she is just tottering around. She is obviously not...
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    Eggbound Chicken? Need advice

    So this is the first time I have had a sick chicken, so I am kind of scrambling to figure out what to do. I have 2 year old Buff Orpington hen, she is a pretty big girl, always been bigger then her scrawny sister. Yesterday morning we realized that she was walking funny - kind of gingerly...
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