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Yes, the antacid Tums, it’s very high in calcium and will bring on contractions rather quickly. When I have done that, it usually helps them expel quickly and it comes out within an hour. I just take a tablet and break it up into about six pieces and open my chickens beak and put them in one by...

I don’t think it looks really bad yet, my chicken looked a lot worse. I think she could just be egg bound and she needs calcium, that will help bring on contractions and will help her expel the egg.

If I was you I would give her Tums I had a hen that was doing that quite frequently and she was also laying soft shelled eggs and her whole behind between her legs was all swollen. Do you give your hens oyster shell?

Sounds like she is egg bound. That is the reason she bounced back after you gave her a warm bath.