My quails insides were outside last night, I could see the egg (large lump outside her body)
I put her in warm water, massaged her vent and lubricated with olive oil.
I dried her off and kept a heat pad in a box for her, isolated from the others.
today I see the lump is gone and her vent is...
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I have a two year old silkie who has had issues with egg binding for quite a while. Unfortunately, she lays very large eggs for her size and I have had to treat her twice before with warm soaks and calcium supplements to get her to pass the egg.
This time she was obviously in distress...
I have a 2 year old hen who was totally fine yesterday then today she is not being active tail feathers down won't eat or drink on her own.
I'm wondering if it isn't something to do with her eggs. They have always been kinda weird shaped and thin shelled. Despite me trying to give extra...
My 3 year old Barred rock named Betsy has a hard abdomen. We noticed a poopy butt yesterday and some lethargy. We kept her inside overnight, gave her a warm soak and fed her yogurt and crushed boiled egg. Any ideas before we bring her to the vet? She doesn't appear to be waddling or tail...
I've got a hen I am pretty certain is egg bound. I watched a lot of videos and her behavior was spot on. First time dealing with this so I want to be sure I am covering all the bases.
Right now she is in her Epsom spa #2. How often do I need to give them? Is 20 min each long enough?
When she...
I’ve got 5 chickens and for the past few weeks there has been a lot of pecking each other amongst them. I tried to stop the pecking as much as I could by using products such as Cooper & Gracies Anti Pecking Spray - however I’ve had no luck.
Last week I heard an awfully loud noise coming from my...
Hi, I have a ten year old barred rock hen named combs. It has been months since the last time she layed, and the last time she became egg bound. Yesterday she spent most of her morning in the egg box but seemed fine and left without laying. When I went to feed the chickens dinner I found her in...
Hi! I'm new here and to birds. I have a question about my duck. She is almost a year old and her and her sisters just started laying. I noticed Dusty was acting off so I brought her into the house. After some checking and research we came to the conclusion she was egg bound. After trying some of...
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My elderly hen (8 year old Barred Rock) seems to be a little off. Her walk was a little stiffer than usual this morning (she usually walks more in a waddle because I suspect she has a little chicken arthritis, but it was more obvious today). Also, she seemed to be...
A friend called me today because her hen laid this egg and is acting lethargic. Her belly feels very watery and bloated. She isn't eating and drinking much but she is still doing it a little.We are treating her for the possibility of egg binding. We have fed Tums and coconut oil and she is...
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Newish chicken owner & first time poster. I’ve found so much help on this site just by reading the threads, but I’m at my wit’s end and am desperate. I have a 6 month old serama frizzle who laid her first eggs on Saturday. I know chickens don’t usually lay two eggs in a day, but I...
Everyone knows that one of the telltale signs of a healthy hen is a nice fluffy bottom. I recently noticed my 21 month old ISA brown hen has a weirdly messy bottom. Here's the thing: it's not right around her vent but actually under it by a couple inches. Upon checking her vent itself, it looked...
Hello, I have a female kahki campbell who when I let out this morning at 4.30am was fine and herself. A few hours later I went out to check them and she had a very low abdomin and was in the corner not moving just standing. Then later on she had moved to the night time quarters and has just sat...
Hello! I have a three year old black star who as of this evening is having difficulty walking and has her tail all the way down to the ground. I just noticed after work (husband says she was fine this morning.) She did eat some today.
I soaked her in an Epsom salt bath as soon as I noticed, and...
This would have been her very first egg. Completely egg bound and prolapsed. Couldn’t find any hole from which to remove egg (soft shell) so I cut it out.
Now I can’t tell what remaining parts are egg stuffs and what parts are her oviduct. Got her cleaned up as much as possible and tried to...
I have an Ameraucana who just got over her mites about a month ago. After she was better she started molting so she stopped laying. Now she is done molting and went in to lay an egg yesterday but I never found one. She keeps going back into the nesting box but still hasn't laid an egg. She is...
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Our 2 yr old lady Ponyo laid an egg the other day that was really longgg and misshapen, and then a watery membrane egg with no yolk that we could see (found it after an hour) and today she had some weird egg sack hanging half out of her vent. I tried to assist and it broke.
She has...
Hi all. So I have a 2 year old Lavender Orpington who was egg bound for about a day and a half. She passed the egg this morning. She seems more perky, but still seems lethargic and a bit under the weather. Her feathers are still puffed up and she looks cold, so I turned a heat lamp on for her...
Hi all! So I have a 2 year old Lavender Orpington who was displaying all the symptoms of egg binding. I took her to the vet and they did an x-ray that confirmed it. They gave her fluids and a calcium shot. I took her home and gave her an epsom salt bath. I was gently massaging the area and I was...
Hi all. So I have a 2-year-old Lavender Orpington named Phoebe. She’s a wonderful hen, super sweet, great layer, follows you around like a dog. I’ve never had any issues with her as far as laying goes. Today, she started showing all of the signs of egg binding, and so I took her to the vet. They...