#egg bound

  1. SalChickenOwner

    Trouble with egg bound chickens

    Hey all, I keep having trouble with egg bound chickens, I've had 3 die this way, 3rd just now. I give them and help them with everything in the book during these times but nothing works. This time I got the egg out quickly and she was recovering fine, she was just slowly gasping for air and had...
  2. SalChickenOwner

    HELP CHICKEN EGGBOUND?

    Hello all I'm writing this in a rush because I don't know what's wrong. My hen randomly couldn't walk and started breathing heavy, her crop feels a little big too. We gave her a bath with salt and warm water and I have her wrapped up (not tight). I feel sudden taps/short pushes and she tries to...
  3. L

    I do not know what to do

    Ok I've been giving Nugget extra calcium and she still has trouble laying eggs. Yesterday she started acting weird, isolated from flock,star gazed, not moving around,standing in water. I gently Massaged her belly, she seem to like, then she stood up like a penguin started pushing and a soft no...
  4. ecirell

    Egg bound? Please help

    I have a 18 week leghorn who has a loud personality that appeared to be acting differently hanging out in nesting box on Monday. She appeared listless, frequently laying and falling asleep. I noticed later in day her gait was wide. That evening she laid her first egg which did not have shell...
  5. nick bulger

    Possible vent gleet? Hard white granular from inside vent

    Hi there yesterday I found one of my girls huddled in the corner of the coop. She stayed low to the ground at first I thought she was sitting on some eggs. Upon further inspection I noticed her vent was inflamed and white stuff was coming out. Smelled gross. I took her inside and checked for egg...
  6. 33ChickenLovers

    Help! Is my chicken egg bound??

    So I have a chicken that at the end of the day makes the egg laying song which lasts for a few minutes and then- nothing. Not one egg. She hasn’t been laying for a couple of weeks now and it’s a worry. please reply asap.
  7. Spiderduck

    Sick chicken

    Hello Just dicovered a hen is sick. She is not moving from her spot, if placed somewhere, she stays there. Eyes closing/opening-no discharge Feathers look okay. Some are taken off on her back thanks to my rooster. No problem. Legs look okay. She stands up and can move/walk so not lethergic...
  8. Shepshill

    Egg bound?

    Something is wrong with this chicken. She had an egg that was wrinkled on top a couple of days ago. Thought she took the next day off, but then saw an odd egg under the coop—sort of chalky and the color wasn’t evenly dispersed. She appeared to be walking funny and straining, so I ran in to make...
  9. C

    New member and egg question

    I learned about your page on FB, have followed for a while and signed up today. My husband and I have had 4 Barred Rock hens for just over a year. We love them! The ladies have personality to the extreme. We also have 2 Dachshunds and a cat children. We have a new raised bed garden that takes...
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