egg binding

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. Launchpad

    Broody duck not laying

    I've found a few threads similar but not on the specific issue. Roz, a 1 year old female Silver Appleyard, has recently become broody. She hangs out with/ nests with 2 cayuga. One male one female. Never had any issues. Both females share a nest for egg laying and have for months. Recently, Roz...
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. A

    Need help with stuck old egg

    Took my 2yo Buff Orpington to the vet to get checked out. She hadn't laid an egg since fall. She quit when everyone else did for the winter but never restarted with the others come spring. She laid an old egg one day, vet confirmed that it had probably been in there for awhile. He took an xray...
  7. M

    Egg Bound? Possibly broken - help!

    We have 2 rescue chickens, breed is possibly golden-buff and they are of unknown age. One of the two is displaying signs of sickness: sparse feathering on her underside, she is favoring one leg, her poo is slimy and very stinky. She has something coming out of her vent that I can only describe...
  8. B

    ISA Brown Hen Acting Sick, Quiet, and Losing Weight

    My 3-year-old ISA brown hen, Sandy, has not been acting herself in the past months. She is quiet, even more so than normally and even while around the other chickens. She is slow to move with the flock as they rotate around the yard, freeranging. She ruffles her feathers, sits in one spot, and...
  9. JoanieShrubs

    Does my sick hen look egg bound? 🥺

    Hi friends, My Pencilled Hamburg hen Angelica is around 7 months old. She’s been laying for a few weeks but stopped a week ago. We had a mite infestation arise while away on a camping trip so I assumed it was the cause, as the rest of the flock stopped laying too. They’ve all been treated...
  10. celliott24

    Egg bound or sick or something else???

    My hen has been waddling around, tail feathers down, and laying down every chance she can. She hasn’t laid in at least 26 hours. I thought she might be egg bound, but I just gloved up and felt around in her vent and can not feel an egg. There is a rather large round sack kind of between her...
  11. head chicken in charge

    Egg bound!

    Someone please clarify. Pretty sure My hen is egg bound. I've read the page about giving her calcium citrate +D3 and Epsom salt baths. I'm not sure if I can get the kind from Walmart for people, or if the CC+D3 has to be a chicken type. Google Is no help, please Someone point me in the right...
  12. W

    Egg Bound - Broken Egg!!

    Hi all, We have a sweet hen in our coop who is egg-bound, and the egg has broken. I can see the tip of the thinned-shelled broken egg sticking out of her vent. Her comb is pale and looks frostbitten as well (unrelated or not?). She cannot stand, is incredibly weak, and looks at death's door...
  13. Diveks

    Egg bound hen!

    Hello so ill keep it short, so its been almost two days and my hen seems to be egg bound. First day she seemed egg bound but after a few hours seemed okay, turns out the egg hasn't passed yet and she is straining again. I tried to let her naturally pass it but it doesn’t seem like she will...
  14. Reiki Rooster

    Cyst??

    Honestly I have absolutely no idea what this is. I’ve had chickens now almost 10 yrs and have never seen this before. It is a huge mushy lump above her vent, about 1 to 1 1/2 inches above. If she was egg bound it has definitely broken but she is acting absolutely fine. Eating her fill, drinking...
  15. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Egg Bound w/ Few or No Symptoms? Help!

    My 3 y/o ISA Brown hen, Buffy, has very much slowed down her laying (with some intermittent lengthy breaks). However, this past week, I noticed she'd go to the box like she had to lay without producing an egg. This made me nervous about internal laying, which I'd just lost my beloved BR to after...
  16. Jrbd82

    Egg Bound or Sick??

    I had 2 hens given to me from my neighbor. Her chickens ran the fence line with mine so they were already aquatinted and had been around each other. We kept the ladies in the coop for about a week before letting them free range with our flock. Yesterday, I found one in the nesting box limp Amd...
  17. M

    Thought Hen Was Eggbound But Now She Walks Fine

    Hello, Yesterday I noticed my Orphington standing off to the side while the rest of my girls ate dinner. When I approached she was shaking pretty hard and she tried to walk away and waddled like she was egg bound. She let me pick her up pretty easy (which is not usually the case). I took her...
  18. srose0116

    Swollen “Belly”

    Hello everyone! My female welsh harlequin, Sugar, has been looking a bit puffy lately. I noticed it earlier in the week, but lately she’s been walking a little slower/wobbling. My friend also saw her stumble a little yesterday, but she might have just been tripping over the grass or something. I...
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    • Forum: Ducks
  19. R

    Bantam chicken died without any signs

    I am heartbroken. My beloved frizzle bantam died today without any sign. I let all of my chickens out of the coop and into the run in the early morning. Then my husband lets them out of the run and into our large yard to free range by around 10. This morning, all went as normal until my...
  20. T

    Egg bound, vent gleet, or??

    Advice appreciated! My chicken seemed fine then suddenly I noticed today her crop and under her vent were bulging. Either I didn’t notice anything sooner or it came on suddenly. It looks like her feathers are missing or just spread out a bit from the bulging, she has green/yellow diarrhea and...
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