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    Egg bound for 6 days

    Thank you both for your replies. After this amount of time I'm not sure it matters if I can figure out what is happening to her. I read the articles but am still unsure what it is. I think today will be her last day, she is obviously not going to spontaneously get better. If it matters, in...
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    Egg bound for 6 days

    update Day 8: still no egg. I tried to feel it again yesterday and may have accidentally pushed my finger into it in an effort to make it budge. Also tried another bath. This morning I tried putting her back in with the other chickens and one of them was very aggressive towards her when she...
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    Egg bound for 6 days

    It is up. In hindsight I'm thinking that I may have been in the intestine with my finger because it felt like there was a membrane around the egg and I wasn't directly touching it. If I do it again today I will be extra sure to go "up" when I go in to feel it. I didn't have Epsom salts, I will...
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    Egg bound?

    What ended up happening with your hen? Im in a similar situation except on day 6.
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    Egg bound for 6 days

    We have a flock of 8 Rhode Island reds. They are about 1 year old. I have 1 hen that is egg bound. I noticed her symptoms starting this past Saturday (4 days ago) with the runny poop and lots of poop caked on her back end. I removed her from the flock on Sunday after noticing her behavior-...
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