egg bound chicken

  1. S

    20 month old hen Egg Bound, nothing so far is working!

    Hello fellow chicken stewards! 1) Our Kermit is a 20 month old Ameracauna who typically weighs around 5 pounds. She feels just right at the keel bone - not too lean or too pudgy. 2&3) Hubby said she was standing off by herself two days ago, not fluffed up but just “looked unhappy.” I didn’t...
  2. K

    Vent fleet? Egg bound?

    Hey chicken Linda was acting lethargic and not eating and I noticed she has a big swollen bottom. I took her in and have been giving her Epsom salt baths cause I thought she was egg bound but now I’m second guessing. Any advice helps!!! Thank you
  3. C

    Egg Bound chicken keeps pushing

    Our hen who has previously been diagnosed with peritonitis is currently egg bound and trying to pass poop and/or the egg but cannot. We have given her 2 epsom salt baths 15 min each and coated the outside of the vent with mineral oil. I also felt a couple centimeters into the vent and there is...
  4. L

    What to do…?

    Looking for help/advice… We have one hen who has not been looking well for the past few days. She’s not eating or drinking much, lethargic and her comb is sagging. Thinking she’s egg bound, we gave her an epson salt bath and a gentle massage last night and this morning. I don’t feel anything...
  5. C

    HELP PLEASE!

    I have a 2 year old hen acting very lethargic. Her head keeps twitching forward not to a certain side from what i’ve noticed almost like something’s stuck or she’s trying to push. She’s standing straight up like a duck. Not eating with her sisters now but was this morning. She is a rescue and is...
  6. N

    Lame chicken

    Hi everyone! I have a chicken that is sick. I think she may be egg bound. I have her separated, soaked in warm bath, and gave her dissolved tums in water. I can’t feel any bound egg. She has not lost any color yet and still looks healthy. I am wondering if I am missing something or that it...
  7. J

    Egg Bound Chicken

    Hi all I had an egg bound hen on Wednesday afternoon. After a few hours in warm bath managed to get the egg out but she had a very small prolapse. A night in the house on her own it went back in on own and she seems absolutely fine in her self but her back end is still very mucky and a bit...
  8. B

    Sick chicken day 2.😣

    We thought she was egg bound, and gave her two warm baths in Epson salt last night and proceeded to expel from her vent. Just gave her another warm epson salt bath. Now she won’t stand up on her own. Anything that I have given her through the syringe she threw back up. She doesn’t feel egg bound...
  9. sparklez

    Is this water belly? Strange bald swollen abdomen and crop in young hen

    I have a 10 month old hen who as far as I can tell is acting normal and comfortable (tail up, color in comb, eating, walking, trotting with the flock when let to free range) over the last 5 or so days I noticed poop building up on her so today after she free ranged for almost 3 hours I soaked...
  10. J

    HELP! Chicken Gleet or Egg Bound??

    I have a Silver Laced Wyandotte hen who is 21 weeks old. She laid 4 small eggs day after day then skipped a day, then laid a double yolk larger egg. She then skipped a day and went on to lay 3 more small eggs. The last egg she laid was 9/5/23 - so it has been 6 days. I think something stress...
  11. Relleoms

    Hen hasn’t pooped in over 2 days

    I found our 5 year old Easter Egger sitting in the nesting box two nights ago, and thinking she was egg bound, brought her in the house for observation. She had very dirty tail feathers and upon inspection, I did not feel an egg stuck so I gave her a tums and let her sleep for the night. In the...
  12. J

    Water belly/egg bound

    Good morning, I have a sick hen and don’t have access/lack of availability to a Veterinarian clinic. She has been isolated from the group after noticing her looking lethargic. She has a distended stomach, it is now red, not passing eggs or poop, and had yellow fluid come out of her mouth when...
  13. L

    Head down, eyes closed, tail down! Help!

    Hey y’all! New to chickens here I could use your help! This chicken is less than a year old and around lunch time I noticed she was standing still head down eyes closed tail slightly pointed down, looks like she is experiencing some type of discomfort. Because of the poop (pictured) I thought it...
  14. 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...
  15. M

    Egg Bound chicken, egg broke, cannot get prescribed antibiotics!? Help!

    One of my red comet hens (approximately 4 years old) was egg bound yesterday. Smyptoms included lethargy, squatting/waddling, and not being 'herself". Despite our best efforts (Epsom baths, dark isolation, calcium, and Vaseline on her vent) she didn't pass the egg. Today, I believe the egg broke...
  16. M

    Egg bound chicken - no vets available

    My chicken has been egg bound for 2 days (it is definitely a hard-shelled egg, I can feel it from the outside and internally when I lubricated her vent). I’ve been calling local and not so local vets but of course it’s the weekend and none of the vets who do exotics are able to see her until...
  17. E

    Introduction and question

    Hi, I’m new here! I have a flock on the Big Island of Hawaii. Currently I have a 2 1/2 year old hen that I think is egg bound. Poopy bum, just wanted to lay around, panting, swollen abdomen, and a continually pulsating vent. I’ve read that this is fatal within 48 hours. Trouble is, we’re on day...
  18. C

    Egg bound? Pasty butt? Prolapse vent?

    Hey all, not sure what’s wrong with my little silkie. I noticed her struggling & straining to poop with very little to none coming out. She is running and eating but the straining concerned me. I brought her in and gave her an epsom soak bath, cleaned poop away & trimmed around her vent. Got...
  19. H

    Possible egg bound

    Hello everyone I have an issue with one of my Easter Egger hens. She breathes with a rattle sound. I don’t really think she eats as much as she should. I haven’t noticed her eggs but I do have a lot of chickens so I wouldn’t be sure which one is hers or not. She doesn’t roam the property as much...
  20. Felicityfarm

    Help! Egg stuck to bum

    I noticed this morning that the egg shell was stuck and hanging out. I tried to gently pull it but it was hurting her and so I stopped. She keeps trying to poo put it hurts her and she keeps gasping. Is there anything I can do? Hopefully the pictures help.🙂
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