egg bound

  1. JuliaWesterbeek

    Collapsed Vent? HELP

    I am worried about my (Olive Egger) hen, of around 25 weeks old. She has not yet started laying but I think she may have a collapsed vent. Today, I noticed that she was trying to poop, but nothing came out. Then I saw something pinky (almost like an intestine) come out and then pop back in a...
  2. Aussie-Chookmum

    Crushed egg in nesting box today after hen not laying for several months. Should I be worried?

    I have 4 hens. Two are 3.5 years old (Leghorn and Rhode Island Red) and two are just 20 weeks. Both the older hens moulted late last year/early this year and went off the lay. The leghorn started laying again about a month ago and the Rhode Island Red started squatting and checking out nest...
  3. NBwriter

    Lethargic RIR, won't eat, stands hunched, no visible eggbound

    One of my Rhode Island Reds (4yo) isn't well — she is squatting and lethargic and won't leave the coop for the run, won't eat or drink. It's been 2 days. I suspected she's egg bound, and brought her in for a warm water bath, and have her crated in the house. She's standing up like a turkey...
  4. L

    Swollen abdomen, not egg bound, lethargic

    My 1 1/2 year old barred rock became suddenly ill today. Lethargic, unable to walk or stand for a period, possible fever and with abdomen distended. While I was running the warm water to treat for egg bound, I placed her in the nest where she passed an egg. Her crop was also watery, squishy and...
  5. O

    Could my hen be egg bound?

    We have one hen who's a bit older than all the other hens. She's our only Ameraucana chicken, so we can tell when she's laying, and we figure she's pretty much done laying since it's been over a month since she's laid an egg (which was very small in size) and she rarely lays at all anymore...
  6. Njonesy34

    Laying broken egg getting stuck in vent

    My leghorn is 7 months old and was laying great initially then she stopped randomly after switching her to layers feed. I have always had oyster shells available to my flock. She is eating and drinking but last week and again today I have had to gently pull out a broken egg out of her vent. She...
  7. T

    Egg bound chicken - can the vent close over?

    I have six 2 year old white leghorns. Last month we have had a few issues with what we believe is vent prolapse in one, then infections in a couple others. I have been applying monistat to all to clean up any infections. A week ago, one of the girls was bleeding from her vent, so I cleaned...
  8. Fairywoodducks

    Duck pooped egg yolk out

    So I've attached a few photos of what appears to egg white and yolk. No shells. I have 3 girls that could be the culprits but I cant figure put which on because they are all acting 100% normal. They all laid eggs this morning with very hard shells. They have plenty of calcium in their diet, no...
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  9. Cynthia707

    Older hen laying phantom eggs

    Hi all, My sweet, smart 7-year old alpha hen Lady Sybil (Ameraucana) seems to have started laying phantom eggs. She laid her final/lash egg about a month ago, and now she goes into the nest, sits for an hour, then comes out singing the egg song...except there’s no egg. I thank her and she...
  10. K

    Chicken has Scabby and bulging back side - ascitis?

    Hi everyone, my chicken, Red is about 4-5 years old and she is eating and drinking fine, but she has a bulging and scabby back side/abdomen. I'm extremely concerned because we have missed this and I think this has been occurring for awhile given the size. Is this ascitis and do I need to drain...
  11. debinhollister

    Egg broke inside older hen

    Last night I found that egg has broken inside hen. Her cloaca is not very distended so i had to wait until she was straining to enter. I used a curved hemostat. After about 2 hours of removing I couldnt feel anymore inside with tip of instrument I stopped to give us both a rest and observe...
  12. J

    Aftercare for egg bound hen that's not eating or drinking after 4 eggs removed!

    Hello Everyone! I'm hoping for some suggestions from those more experienced than myself. Yesterday afternoon I noticed one of my Ameraucana's was separate from the flock, had droppings along her backside, and her bottom looked like it was protruding. I put her in a dog kennel and brought her...
  13. UrbanHomesteadMama

    Soft Eggs, then middle of the night eggs and now hard and stuck

    Hi All, my cream legbar has had all sorts of egg problems. She began laying and everything was normal for about a month then the quality of the eggs declined. Most were soft or semi soft breaking when I took them out of the box. She then started having them get stuck. She had two soft eggs get...
  14. Emerald Rife

    My mallard duck is egg bound,

    And I can't seem to help her. Our mallard duck has been egg bound for about 3 days now! She has been bound before and I fixed (or so I thought) the problem. She went a month without getting bound a second time. She's been eating the same food that she's always eaten, when she can that is. She...
  15. OneEyedDawn

    R.I.P. Dottie my Wyandotte

    I have been putting off writing this post but my golden laced Wyandotte died two weeks ago from an internal egg laying problem. I am writing this post in case this info is helpful to anyone. I noticed Dottie didn't walk around much Friday and I thought I would keep an eye on her during the...
  16. UrbanHomesteadMama

    Soft/thin Shelled Eggs Overnight off the Roost

    Hi All, I’m a bit worried about my Olive egger. She was egg bound with a soft egg twice in the last couple months to the point where I gave her warm bath and brought her inside. Thankfully both times the rest came out. I added oyster shells in another dish to the coop (it’s in their food too)...
  17. U

    Help! Duck health emergency question

    We opened our coop yesterday to one of our two female ducks having died overnight. We thought she may have been egg bound as she had laid a soft egg 2 afternoons before and there’s one egg every morning so hard to tell who lays it. Recently the females have been loosing feathers on their back/...
  18. danalw

    Broody? or something worse?

    Hello everyone, I am seeking some advice. So I have a hen that has been sitting in her den box on all the other ladies eggs. She is loosing weight she has not laid an egg in over a month. If i lift her out of the box she will go scratch around and eat and drink for a bit but she gets right back...
  19. D

    My chicken had a large egg removed by the vet, and she’s not doing well.

    My 8 month old ameraucana chicken had an egg removed at the vet on Monday. The vet had to remove the yolk and crack the egg, because it was too large to pass. Now my chicken, Madge is continually contracting, and trying to push the remaining shell out. This has been going on since the...
  20. 3clucks

    Should I be worried about these eggs?

    In the past week I have had two soft shell eggs from two different hens, one is an Ameraucana just under a year (started laying around 9 months) and a silkie or silkie mix (not sure who of these two laid it) the silkie is a little over a year and the silkie mix is just under a year. I have never...
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