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Thank you all for the additional responses. This really is a great forum and online community, i've learned a lot reading through threads and love the support everyone gives. really a wonderful thing. As an update - still no egg. I can feel it in there. I'm afraid they're collecting in there...

Could you share what your hen's symptoms were? How long did you wait before you culled her? Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the links, I had seen the first article already. I feel like i've read so many threads and articles and I just don't know what else to do, all I can do is will the egg out now, but it's not working haha. She seems to like to be warmed up. I'm afraid there is something more serious...

Today is the fourth day, still no egg. This morning she smells horrible, the whole area of the house smelled gross, like really really awful disgusting morning breath times one thousand. I gave her another warm bath and she's really enjoying yogurt and collards. Lots of poop, but no egg. She has...

still no egg. just did another warm bath and shes laying down on a towel that has a warm water bottle under it. I feel so bad for her. Anyone have success feeding olive oil? There has to be a way to get it out safely...

Thank you for the replay. How long did it take? I've done the bath and hairdryer twice, going to again shortly today. I massage her abdomen while in the bath, i can feel her trying to push it out, but no egg yet :/ Another detail, last night and maybe this morning two weird globs came out...

I've been reading through a lot of other threads and forums about egg bound chickens, but want to make sure i'm on the right track. One of our red star hens seems to be egg bound, she has had the droopy, hunched back, slightly down-turned tail look before and resolved it on her own. This time...