One of my hens is really sick and i don't know why!!! Can you help??

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When i went out this morning to let the chickens out i found one of my hens on the low roosts with both her wings spread out and her head falling off the roost! She has ( what looks like) egg white and yoke dripping from her vent and it seems like she is trying to pass a egg. I had three of my other hens doing the same thing last week but none of them where like this! I'm really worried because she can't stand ( she has no balance) and she wont eat or drink and all she dose is rest her head on the ground and sleep( she wont even lift her head when i touch her). Dose anyone have any idea what could be wrong? And what i can do? Please help!! I'm still new to keeping chickens and i hate to see her like this.
 
It may be egg binding. Look to see if she is trying to pass and egg. Also, look at her vent to see if anything is strange about it. Then report back! Good luck!
 
It may be egg binding. Look to see if she is trying to pass and egg. Also, look at her vent to see if anything is strange about it. Then report back! Good luck!
Ya i think she is trying to pass one but i can't feel it. And she has that egg white and yoke looking stuff dripping from her vent.
 
I think you might have an egg bound hen. Put her in a wire cage (with a wire bottom) a place a pan with hot water about a foot away from the bottom of the cage. The water should be hot enough so it steams but not hot enough that it burns her.
 
Oh so a steam treatment? Neat, and then I bet you could put different herbal oils or leaves in the water to help even more!
 

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