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How would I do that without a syringe to drain the egg first?

I've asked my dad to come and euthanize her in the morning if she doesn't lay the egg overnight. :(

I only had olive oil, but then I saw someone said its bad to use? I don't have any other kind. I don't really know if there is a different opening? But the hole I opened had the egg right inside it. If I open it up, I can see the egg, and also feel around the bottom half of it. She has still...

Baths - yes. Maybe I need a hotter one? How warm can they be? Calcium - I didn't have any calcium tablets, so I've been adding a multivitamin to her tickets every day. Each tablet has 210mg of calcium, and it's been 3 or 4 days she's had it? So definitely over 500 mg. I could ask my mum if she...

Still no change this morning, but a HEAP of poo, dark green with a small amount of white. I've oiled and tried as hard as I could to get around the egg. Is it normal for the egg to be sitting below the vent? Aside from draining/removing the egg, is there anything more I could be doing? I don't...

Also, she is just in a cat box with a towel on the bottom at the moment, but I read somewhere that some chickens will not lay if they feel the conditions are wrong. She usually would lay in straw. Will the difference in bedding prevent her from laying? I put the towel because she kept sliding...

I kind of did that, I used olive oil and tried to run my finger around the edges of the egg. I dont think I'd be able to get behind it though. I have read about breaking the egg on one of the links posted above, but I'm not confident enough at all to try it. I also live alone (aside from a 6 and...

She is most definitely egg bound. I came home tonight and she had gone downhill. White, chalky stuff leaking out of her vent, which I remember reading somewhere had to do with egg binding/perionitis. So I gave her a warm bath, and felt around and thought I could feel something egg shaped, mostly...

I've syringe fed her some more water today, maybe 60 or so mls? And will do some more later tonight. She sat in the one spot most of the day, not moving. Her poo has slowly gone from being green and yellow to brown and yellow, to mostly brown. So I'm guessing thats a good thing? *Sigh* this...

I've been syringe feeding her water, about 22 mls in total yesterday (it's a bit hard to tell, sometimes I miss her mouth!). Is that enough, or should I be giving her more? I usually stop when she starts to get overly agitated. The rickets I've been feeding her (I'd say she has been eating half...

She is no better, but no worse this afternoon. I'm assuming if it was something serious she would have continued to go downhill today. I've still got her inside, and syringed some more fluid into her just now. Will see how she goes in the morning. Her poo is green and yellow, but from what I've...

I weighed her, 1.9 kilos. I treated yesterday for fleas/lice/worms. I brought her inside today and gave her a bath, to clean off all the poop from around her vent. I did an exam and heres what I found: - The leg she is limping on still has power in it. She can kick with it. The toes on that...

If she was egg bound, would she have died by now? It's been 48 hrs.

Anyone? :(

http://instagr.am/p/TdI3cfpqbv/ http://instagr.am/p/Tdt1o0pqQG/ Trying to get a photo of Sunshine and another one of my girls legs up, but having trouble from my phone. Hope these work. The first is the sick chicken, the second is one of the otherwise healthy chickens, but her legs look...

I'm new to chickens, so please bear with me! I have a chicken, no idea of age or breed, who I noticed yesterday was limping and leaning when trying to walk. I isolated her, but there was no improvement by night. I also noticed she was infested with mites (orangey/red colour, also some black...