egg bound

  1. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Soft shell membrane hanging from vent - Egg Bound

    I've had suspected internal layer--2.5 y/o Barred Rock--that has a vet appointment Friday. She'd been doing well, though I'd noticed some hard swelling around her vent/lower abdomen, and that she spends time in the nesting box as if she's laying (but no egg). This all is on the tail of weird...
  2. Blue Raptor

    Egg Bound hen

    Crowe my black copper sex-link is egg bound, I felt her abdomen and I felt an egg in there. I didn’t massage it in case it broke and she has access to calcium. I soaked her and put her on a towel in a cage in the dark (not total) so that she’ll hopefully pass the egg. I know that if she doesn’t...
  3. 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...
  4. 6

    Egg Binding Cures: Making sure I tried everything

    Yesterday one of my hens had an impacted crop. I dealt with it like I usually do, and have been able to cure them every time. That same day, around 12 pm, she began to act like herself and went into the hen house to lay...However, she did not lay. Later that evening she began to sit around. I...
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  5. MamaChick70

    Prolapse or Egg bound? heeeeeelp

    I can use your help. I have had chickens for about 1year now and have not come across this. I have 10 chickens. My older girls are a black and red sex link. I had them since 6-19-20. I have lost one black sex link 3 days ago I think for being eggbound she was in the nesting box and I was...
  6. OrlandoMama

    Egg song before an egg?

    My girls are 20weeks and 4 days and just last week I had at least one of them start laying but I think at least two now(light brahma and one of my rhode island reds). Both of their hips/bone structures were of a laying hen and wide enough and their wattles are super bright red. I heard one of...
  7. S

    New to chickens and laying behaviours

    Hi everyone, I’m new to having chickens and have found this forum so useful! I have two pekin bantams and two silkies. Currently one of the bantams is broody and occupying the eglu go nest most of the day (until we turf her out to eat and drink!). The other bantam seems happy to squeeze in...
  8. J

    Hen won’t lay after egg bound

    Found egg 3/4 out. Cloaca dried and stuck to egg. Tried soaking and lube. Couldn’t get egg to loosen and then it broke. Cloaca had 2.mm of tissue still attached to egg pieces. Cut them out. She healed up great in two days. Perfectly normal but no eggs since ( more than a month ago). Will she...
  9. K

    Sick Pullet?

    Hello all, thank you for your time for reading this post I have a young pullet (Black Mottled Duccle?) Who has not started laying yet, was hatched sometime early April 2021, for 2 days she has been acting somewhat lethargic. She didn't want to leave her roost for most of the day yesterday, but...
  10. Cabin Run Farm

    Previous broody hen won't lay

    Hey guys, my hen went broody. I did all the things to get her out of it. She's acting normal again, but hasn't laid any eggs since before she went broody. Is she egg bound? No idea what's going on. First time chicken momma....
  11. R

    Hen is repetitively egg bound - having trouble laying

    I have hen over a year old that started laying in January. We’ve had no problems until last week she was egg bound, fluffed up, appeared to be in labor trying to push the egg out, standing to herself and not being active. She did lay it right before dark after I put her in a warm water bath. The...
  12. Kaitlin H

    Is my hen egg bound?

    Hi everyone, I noticed some odd behavior in my hen, Noodle tonight that has me concerned. She’s a Welsummer and almost and year and a half old. This is my first flock of chickens so I‘m not experienced and would appreciate some insight and wisdom of some experienced chicken keepers! So I let...
  13. Hemphia

    Chicken is lethargic, poop abnormal, not eating or drinking, don’t think egg bound either

    Please HELP......Flower is a 1 year old Lavender Orphington. I acquired her a little over a week ago. She has been good since arrival but noted yesterday she was acting lethargic. She was sleeping under the coop even when I tossed out their garden grains and meal worms. I was able to rouse her...
  14. jfays

    Chicken still sick AFTER being egg bound

    Hello. My chicken was egg bound. I noticed her acting funny last night and then this morning she wasn’t walking and had the regular egg-bound symptoms. I soaked her in epsom salt bath and gave her extra calcium. I left her alone in a dark and quiet place and she laid an egg shortly after. The...
  15. Morgan555

    Chicken lethargic yesterday, not leaving coop today.

    Morning all, Noticed yesterday that one of my 3 hens was slightly lethargic towards the end of yesterday; lots of standing around aimlessly, but her tail was still pointed up. Her crop seemed fine, and I couldn’t feel anything that felt like an egg around her abdomen. This morning my dad let...
  16. CalBickieMomma

    Is my Beatrix constipated or something else ...?

    Hello lovely chicken friends! My EE, Beatrix, has been a bit off the past few days. Here’s the story: 1.) Found her in the nesting box Friday evening (not like her to be in there). I sensed something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint it. She has laid soft eggs in the past, and my RIR, Eloise...
  17. MartinFamilyHomestead

    How to know hen is egg bound

    I have a Cayuga was has been laying for maybe 6 weeks. We let her keep her clutch in hopes she would go broody. Eventually she had about 20 and did show much signs of laying on them or going broody so ended up taking them to incubate. That was a little less than a week ago. She laid an egg the...
  18. B

    Egg bound hen - what should I do?

    I suspect one of my hens is egg bound and am unsure what to do to help. It’s her first egg. She has been trying to lay the first egg for 8 hours, making the egg laying sound and looks very lethargic in the coop lying in the box. Has not gone to the bathroom. Looks low energy, and does not eat...
  19. yellowbttrflies

    Hen lying on side, flexing legs (intestinal blockage?)

    We have a Rhode Island Red hen that is almost a year old and took a sudden turn 3 days ago. She lost weight recently, but nothing too drastic. All of the chickens were solely in the coop/run for a few weeks while we replanted grass seed and were giving it a chance to grow a bit. Other than being...
  20. yellowbttrflies

    Hen suddenly lying on side and flexing legs (intestinal blockage?)

    We have a Rhode Island Red hen that is almost a year old and took a sudden turn 3 days ago. She lost weight recently, but nothing too drastic. All of the chickens were solely in the coop/run for a few weeks while we replanted grass seed and were giving it a chance to grow a bit. Other than being...
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