egg bound

  1. Lovem all

    Triple Emergencies!!! Help help help

    Okay so i have 3 big problems rn. So I went to collect the eggs and noticed my 10 year old barred rock chicken combs was in a weird position on the ground, looking very tired, breathing irregular, and the position she had was almost like she wanted to lay an egg. Her crop was empty so I took...
  2. EmmaO

    Consistent layer stopped laying

    Hi there, I've had chickens for about a year now so I'm still a novice and am in need of your advice and wisdom! I live in an urban environment and so kept my flock to just 3 hens so far. In the past couple of months I have had a rash of illnesses. First I Iost a hen who was egg-bound, then...
  3. S

    Large hard growth on belly of RIR, need help asap

    I have a 1.5 year old RIR who a few days ago started acting strange, penguin walking. she had an enlarged belly, it felt hard, almost seemed like there could be two eggs in there. started searching online, her symptoms matched EYP or egg bound. did the bath with epsom salt + gave her calcium...
  4. H

    Weird poop (photo incl.) from black copper maran

    Hey there, my 6-7 month old hen is exhibiting some unusual-for-her symptoms. She has not left the coop all day and has just been sitting on the roosting bar in and out of sleep. She will eat oatmeal from my hand and is still her fussy self but it’s very strange for her not to come outside and...
  5. PiGE0N

    Egg-bound hen + worms?

    I'm making a new thread in hopes for more notice, my old previous thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-suddenly-sick-laid-a-ruptured-egg.1247615/ Basically my 3 year old Easter Egger is trying to pass through another ruptured, soft-shelled egg, this happened two years ago...
  6. RedLionChooks

    Broody vs. Bound

    Hey all! We have just passed our first year marker raising chickens, so pretty inexperienced. We have 10 hens and 1 rooster. They are all 1 year, 3 months old. I observed a hen in the nest box last evening around 6pm. The hens are out of the nest boxes by noon every day, so I found this...
  7. Fairywoodducks

    Is calcium gluconate reusable?

    hey all! I had a duck who had some egg issues so I gave her some calcium gluconate. Worked like a charm! However now I have this big bottle of calcium. It says it needs to be used within 24 hours, however its sealed, and I never put anything into the bottle. I poured what I needed out, filled my...
  8. CHlCKEN

    Hen won’t eat

    My hen is currently recovering from being eggbound with a broken egg. I’ve noticed immediately that she is willing to eat the small crumbs of the layer pellets I set out for her but not the full pellets. This morning I crushed them up and she was willing to eat them and then wash it down with...
  9. Pixelsaurus

    Egg bound with occasional shell-less eggs Opal Legbar

    We bought a 20 month old Opal Legbar off Craigslist 7 weeks ago (May 16). She laid one blue egg on the second or third day and then found a shell-less egg in the run at the end of her first week (5/22). We saw nothing again from her until a month later (6/25). Then we finally got an egg from...
  10. C

    Egg Bound or Constipated quail?

    Need your help again friends. I took one of my quail out of the coop because she was acting egg bound; lethargic, straining to push something out, panting. But after some warm baths with Epsom salts she had some very large solid poops. Do you think she was just constipated or should I keep up...
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  11. Abbkayx

    Egg Bound? Yellow watery poo...

    Hi! This is Ms. Ethel. She’s one of my oldest birds (2 years), and she hasn’t been feeling good... for about 12-18 hours I would guess. She was fine this morning (Friday), I think. I went out earlier and she jumped into the nest box about 4 PM which is abnormal for her. She usually lays in the...
  12. Chloe_El

    Egg bound or gleet problem??

    My 3 year old hen who is usually super excited about being fed was very unenthusiastic yesterday about feeding time. throughout the day she became lethargic. today she didnt want to eat at all and has been lethargic, and drinking a lot. She has started eating again, but i don't know what is...
  13. L

    Broody or something else?

    Hello everyone! I have a 9 month old Partridge Cochin hen who recently has been acting strange. She’s our best egg layer; we’ve only had a few less eggs than the number of days since she has started laying. She’s been laying for about 3 months or so, and all of her eggs are super normal! We...
  14. G

    Puffy chicken

    Hi all! One of my lovely sash chickens is looking a bit worse for wear. She was fine yesterday, laid no problem and seemed ok this morning when I let them out, but when I went into the coop this afternoon to check on food and water she just stat in a corner of the run. (they normally come...
  15. Bcpayne

    Egg bound cull, bruising??

    Hey y'all! Had a real bad egg bind today, she was too far gone by the time I got to her and hadn't been acting peculiar the previous day. I ended up having to cull her after working with her all day. When I plucked her she had bruising between her legs underneath her vent. When I cleaned her it...
  16. JamminCats

    Egg bound?

    I have a one-year-old Rhode Island red that won’t leave the nesting boxes. She is really broody to begin with but even an hour after taking the eggs she seems lethargic and won’t leave the boxes. I brought her to the water dish and she drink then she slowly walked back to the nesting boxes...
  17. RayrayB

    Diet and Egg-bound hen

    Hi! I've had two hens in the last month that have become egg bound. One was a 2 year old barred rock, who after a soak and massage was able to pass the egg on her own. The other was a 1 year old silkie who was very sick by the time I found her, and I ended up having to remove the egg on my own...
  18. S

    Egg bound

    Hi! My buff Orpington is about 7 months old and was egg bound. We got her all cleaned out and kept her in the house a couple days to recover because she was so exhausted by it. Now she’s back in the flock and continues to squat walk for a few steps and then lays down. She’s alert, eating and...
  19. S97

    My 10 month old black australorp hasn't laid a egg in 3 days

    As the title shows she hasnt laid an egg in a while. She usually lays every day but recently she has been laying down randomly by herself when the flock goes around the yard she will just lay down randomly. I thought that maybe she is egg bound but I checked her vent and did not feel a egg. I...
  20. captionerlady

    egg bound prolapse?

    My girl is egg bound. I can feel the egg , and the vent area is protruding. I gave her two epsom salt baths, tried to massage it around a little bit, put vaseline on the opening, and gave her calcium and yogurt. She will still eat, and is able to poop some. I tried to insert my finger a bit...
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