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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    I finally found a vet that would see a chicken…for euthanasia. $25, nowhere near what I thought it’d be! (I know I know, the axe is cheaper and probably less traumatic but my hubby and oldest kiddo would have nightmares.) She is eagerly drinking, and putting up a fight when I try to get the...
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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    Well, she finally passed some stool amidst the sudden gushes of … well we will call it ‘warm water!’ I’d say the presence of what looks like bits of cooked yolk confirms EYP?
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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    It’s a Joel Salatin/Justin Rhodes thing, if I remember correctly. I’m just the sheep following that herd 🥴. But you have prompted me to look up the advantages/disadvantages compared to crushed oyster shell, so I’ll report back if I find anything useful!
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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    Headed to pick some up!! I know magnesium citrate has a far different intestinal effect on me than magnesium gluconate (😳💩), so here’s hoping Cal citrate helps her more than the carbonate form. And without D3 it won’t matter what she get anyway. Thank you!!
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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    How on earth does it get down to the abdomen?!? That is crazy…like an ectopic pregnancy? I have a lot of reading to do it looks like! Thank you. Wow. Poor girl!! I wonder if once this has happened once, even if she recovers, is it more likely to happen again?
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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    Oolitic aragonite is their free access high-bioavailability calcium supplement. She hasn’t been interested in anything dry, including her regular feed, thanks for asking! I thought maybe I’d mix some in plain yogurt and then sprinkle a pinch of black sesame seeds on it…the color contrast seems...
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    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    Hello fellow chicken stewards! 1) Our Kermit is a 20 month old Ameracauna who typically weighs around 5 pounds. She feels just right at the keel bone - not too lean or too pudgy. 2&3) Hubby said she was standing off by herself two days ago, not fluffed up but just “looked unhappy.” I didn’t...
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    Your chicken probably isn’t egg bound..

    I am in the same boat! The egg doesn’t feel huge, but it isn’t moving toward her vent at all, still in the abdominal area. We’ve tried everything!
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