UPDATE! SHE JUST LAYED AN EGG! Not sure if it was the warm water soak, the electrolytes, extra oyster shells or pure good fortune. Thank you to all who offered help!
None other than Oyster shells. Do you have a recommendation for what I should buy? I did see that you mentioned tums. I can buy those today. Anything else I could/should try in terms of calcium? Thank you!
I'm not sure what standing like a penguin exactly means, but she seemed to be pushing while standing -- we could see her vent sort of opening and closing. We can't see or feel an egg, though. We had some electrolyte solution, which we mixed up for her and used a dropper to try and force some of...
We soaked her in warm water for about 15 minutes and gently massaged her. We then dried her off (as best we could) and put her in the coop by herself. She didn't lay an egg, but she did poop. She is eating today and walking fine -- but still no egg. We are watching her closely.
Suddenly (literally in just the past couple of hours) our red sex link chicken has begun standing in one place, won't move at all, and seems to be holding herself in an odd fashion. Possibly straining to lay an egg? I read that having an egg bound chicken is quite rare but also an emergency when...