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This is my first time for hatching, and I have two hens who are sitting on eggs. Yesterday I discovered one healthy chick and one that appeared to have died in the egg. The egg had been pecked kind of like you described, but I thought it may have just been the mama trying to give a hand. I...

Does your hen feel extra warm between her legs and on top of her tail? That's how my egg bound hen was. She was also definitely swollen from her belly to her vent and felt firm, not squishy. I didn't drain any fluid from my hen, ultimately. I checked her over the course of a few days and the...

Wow, this picture looks really similar to my little RIR in the message I just posted. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=198160 Her current swelling is less than before, but as I noted, I'm not convinced there isn't something else going on. I'm going to go ahead and use...

I had some success in helping an egg bound hen over the past couple of weeks, but she required additional care. I separated her for several days, continued sitz baths and gave her some low-dosage aspirin because of a swollen abdomen and prolapsed vent. She seems to be doing fine and is no longer...

You may want to check out the info that was given to me about helping an eggbound hen. I wouldn't worry about the warm water being stressful--it will probably be comfortable for her. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=190800 I first noticed her because she spent a couple...

Good news! This morning I gave my hen another sitz bath and had an oil-filled syringe ready for use. When I checked her with my finger, I could feel the egg--it had moved into a position where I felt pretty confident she could lay it by herself, or I could help if necessary. I put her in the...

She has always been a great layer, but I AM worried she might be eggbound. I massaged her abdomen for about 15 minutes. (She loved it and took a nice nap during her spa treatment.) However, I didn't feel anything that was hard. I'm going to give her another sitz bath later today to see if I can...

I have a one-year-old RIR hen who has been hanging out inside the coop for a couple of days. Last night, I picked her up and noticed that her vent was swollen, maybe slightly prolapsed. Her abdomen also appears distended and feels swollen. She has picked feathers from her abdomen (maybe from...

A couple of my gals started up about two weeks ago--and did an awesome job! Got into the nesting boxes and, Voila! Perfectly placed eggs. Now, I've noticed that as some of the others are beginning to lay, they are not quite as....focused. There appears to be a couple of choice laying spots on...

My black Australorps crow....day, night, breakfast, lunch, dinner, happy hour....3 AM....

I'm keeping an eye on this one, too! I have dual purpose, heavy breeds that are 15 weeks old and still seem a bit scrawny for processing. I'm considering whether to go ahead with butchering at 16 weeks, as I had originally planned, or wait for a few more weeks. I did have to separate my...

Thank you all so much for this discussion! I have 29 chicks who are now at 8 weeks, heavy breeds, and have read the guidelines in Storey about starting to add oats until they are 20 weeks, then putting them on the lay rations. It made sense, but I really needed all the additional information...

I had this happen to one of my 30 chicks that arrived on April 14. I was advised to try to feed it a bit of sugar-water paste or sugar and honey to perk it up and get it eating and drinking, Unfortunately, I didn't get the advice until it was too late and lost the chick the next morning. Good...