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  1. A

    RIP Hawk, EYP, Ruptured oviduct, or Egg binding?

    My beautiful girl Hawk an Easter egger passed away last night. She started showing symptoms of egg binding Thursday. My friend and I did everything we could, epson salt baths, lube, massaging. My friend put her finger inside her to feel where the egg was, she said she could feel the hardness of...
  2. RynNightmare

    Egg binding? Please help.

    The problem childTM (Colby) has started laying eggs for this season, laid 6, then hasn’t layed for 2 days. She’s not isolating, she was swimming and eating earlier. I checked on her now and she doesn’t seem to be eating she’s drinking fine, I sat outside with them for 30ish minutes and didn’t...
    • RynNightmare
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    • advice advice and help please ducks egg binding
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. L

    Help! Hen is sick/dying

    When I got up this morning to let out my chickens, I found one on the floor not being able to move. I brought her in immediately and tried to find out what was wrong. I don’t think she’s egg bound because she just pooped a few minutes ago. And I don’t think it’s bumblefoot stopping her from...
  4. L

    Best Treatment Details for Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

    Hey guys, I'm really hoping to find some detailed advice for this... A few weeks ago, my 2 year old ISA brown rescue hen, named Valentina, started showing signs of being unwell. She was lethargic, diarrhea, with a funny posture (tail up, but legs not in typical wide-stance position), but was...
  5. VentiCordi

    Advice sought and appreciated. Egg binding?

    One of our seven hens, an Americauna named Goldie, starting acting odd Tuesday. She was isolating herself and stayed in a box for a long time. We checked her Wednesday morning and her crop felt good, so we began to suspect egg binding. I worked with her and managed to pull something I can only...
  6. mtnchicken

    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    Our favorite hen Queenie is acting egg bound (lethargic, waddling, swollen bum area) but she's pooping normally and eating normally. This started about 10 days ago right as we were leaving for vacation. The house sitters kept an eye on her and she's just slightly worse than 10 days ago. I'd...
  7. Compton Chickens

    Lethargic hen with dirty vent

    I noticed a few days ago that my Mottled Java had a dirty vent. I tried to clean it off but today she was worse. She didn’t want to move around and when she did she walked like a penguin. Her vent was also dirtier. I don’t know if she’s egg bound or has vent gleet but she is not doing well...
  8. SolarDuck

    Soft egg binding

    Hey all long time no see, 4 days ago my ducko pipsqueak laid a pretty nasty looking soft shell egg in the pool so I've been giving her daily calcium supplements since, but the next day I noticed it looked like another egg was in her chamber and after feeling it through her it is clearly another...
    • SolarDuck
    • Thread
    • egg egg abnormalities egg advice egg binding soft shell soft shell egg
    • Replies: 117
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. Starrponies

    Please help me and my silver laced Sussex!!

    Please help me and my silver laced Sussex. She is about 7 months old and started laying about a month or more ago each egg has gotten bigger and bigger I started giving her the calcium citrate with D3 last week and have seen no improvement in egg size. today I went out and she just is off...
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    Help! Prolapsed vent surgery - Recovery time from anesthesia

    Our sapphire gem Clover had a severe prolapse yesterday due to egg binding. We took her to a vet and had the egg removed and the prolapse corrected. She has a number of stitches to hold the vent in place. Since she woke up from the surgery, she has been very tired. This morning she seems about...
  11. T

    Mouth breathing at night, small droppings, egg bound? Please help!

    I have two hens as pets. Both are 9 months and 17 days old. One is a Swedish Flower Hen (named Blondie) and the other one is probably Australorp (named Brownie). Brownie started laying at the end of November last year and she is laying continuously almost every day. Blondie hasn't laid eggs yet...
  12. Chickenwithnobrim

    Egg bound or ascites?

    Hi all, I have an older hen who was already an older Unknown age when I found her dumped by somebody and she's been with me for 3 years. Last night she ate like normal and had a big poo before bed but this morning she was lethargic and wouldn't come out of the coop. I managed to get her to drink...
  13. M

    A strange case of egg binding

    Hi everyone! I’ve been reading on here for the past few years as a fledgling duck and chicken owner. I have learned a lot, and wanted to share a weird situation I had come up recently. I have a welsh harlequin duck who is three years old, who has had thin walled or soft eggs for as long as I...
    • meggles_b5309
    • Thread
    • egg binding infection soft egg
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. C

    Suprelorin implant with an already formed egg

    Hello, not sure if this fits better here or in chicken behaviour and egg laying, sorry if it's wrong. I have a nearly two years old hen who got the Suprelorin implant late last year after a few soft-shelled eggs that led to a prolapse. The effects recently faded and her comb turned redder, so I...
  15. K

    Help I think my hen has a trapped egg…

    In need of help! I came home after work to find my ex rescued hen in her nest box tail down. Head down. She didn’t look right and definitely isn’t broody! I lifted her out the nest box and she just lay down very uncomfortable. I immediately got a warm bath on the go with some Epsom salt I had...
  16. BlackRaven27

    2yr Goose w/egg bind behaviour when not laying

    Hopefully this video works. I have a 2 yr old Goose that is suddenly walking as though she has egg bind but she has not started laying this season. She is in a big pen with a gander and 2 other geese. They have pools of water and the gander has just started mating them. She is panting, holding...
    • BlackRaven27
    • Thread
    • egg binding good behavior goose goose balance goose health issue
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Geese
  17. veetown707

    Pullett shows all signs of laying but only layed two abnormal eggs in a month

    I have a Black Copper Maran Pullett who has been quite the mystery. She layed her first egg about a month ago after at least a week of doing egg songs and wandering in and out of the coop. The egg was fine but the shell was overcalcified. A couple days later, she had a soft shelled egg. Keep in...
  18. Fluff to Feather Farms

    Sudden Lethargy and strange poops

    My 1 yo hen Sol, was being her snuggly mischievous self yesterday. This morning I was dusting the coop in diatomaceous earth and found her in the nesting box. She was standing so I thought she was laying or did lay an egg. She pooped a super smelly, runny, gooey, poop. She is super lethargic and...
  19. BerthaBoo

    Help! Egg Bound Pullet struggling to get her first egg out

    Hi all, I have a pullet (21 weeks) whose been straining for a few days now, but she was able to defecate, so I wasn't entirely sure if she was egg bound or not, especially because she hasn't started laying yet. Today I saw her straining and saw the egg. I have her in the bath with epsom salts...
  20. E

    Help/Advice on diagnosing my chicken. Egg bound/EYP/Vent gleet?!?

    Just looking for advice/suggestions/insight or to see if anyone has had any similar experiences. Found a hen with a pecking injury to vent last Tuesday Was very bloody, cleaned her up and separated her. The Wednesday she seemed to be egg bound, really unwell/uncomfortable struggling to lay...
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