#eggbound

My 3 year old buff Orpington hen is acting strange she was healthy until today, she has watery yellow white diarrhea poo, she walks very slow and weirdly, she's lethargic, her voice is higher pitched then normal, she doesn't have much of a appetite, drinking lots of water, and ruffled feathers...

Hello! I’ve got a very small bantam hen who has been sluggish, keeping to herself laying down and then I noticed the hunched tail and droopy wings plus she is weak and thin. Checked her vent and there was white discharge. She is straining and pushing while crying at the same time. It breaks my...

Hey there! So I have an Olive Egger 10mths old. She has been acting fine all day and even got to eat fresh grass in the chicken tractor this afternoon. She didn’t want to lay an egg until about 6:30 tonight. She crawled in the nesting box and hasn’t moved since. I have a camera out there and...

I got home this evening and my chickens were acting fine, my Frannie girl ran into her nesting box while I was outside and looked eager to lay an egg. Laid for a while and nothing. I went back outside to collect eggs to find her under her house not wanting to move but bearing down. Yesterday she...

Hello everyone, I need your help right now, my 2 year & 10 month old leghorn hen started laying soft shelled eggs a month ago. I started to feed her 1 calcium tablet (600mg) daily for 4 days but didn't see her lay an egg anymore, so I stopped with the tablets. At that time, she was still acting...

A few days ago I posted about my hen who had a prolapse vent. Mrs duck had a bad prolapse that I healed enough to put her back in with the others the week before. Well a week later, it happened again but worse. There was an egg stuck. I spent 4 hours trying to help her get the egg out. Baths...

Hello friends, I need advice one of my 2 yr old brahmas appears to be sick or at least not feeling 100% I noticed she was lying around and then her sister started picking on her I went and picked her right up (not normal) No runny nose or sneezing or breathing problems is eating and drinking (I...

Hello so I have 4 pet ducks and one of them named Ginger is 3yrs old. And she has been egg bound before but this time she has stoped eating her regular food, is slow and has lost weight. She will still occasionally eat corn/mealworms. And I thought it was just egg bound, but she has been like...

This baby has had a larger than normal bottom since we got her, but now it's becoming more pronounced and sort of pulsing. She's so little, but could she be eggbound? If she is, is there anything that we could even do to help her?

My almost two year old hen is likely eggbound. She's not her normal personality, doesn't want to move around, fluffed up, and tail down. I separated her from my other two hens, gave her fresh shavings and mash, and laid a towel over the side windows. She isn't giving any indication of laying...

We have a chicken who we presume an egg is broken inside her or she is feeling some kind of internal discomfort. We are giving her an epsom salt bath right now and will rub Vaseline on her vent and also give her some tums. What other precautions and safety measures can we take?

Hello fellow chicken folk. I am desperately looking for advice from seasoned chicken keepers, especially those who really know the anatomy of a hen. My 4 year old Americauna hen, Jolene is eggbound. It feels as though she has 2 eggs in the oviduct. It is day 3. I have tried multiple Epsom salt...

My hen is named Squirley, she's a couple of years old now and we think she's a black Andalusian but can't be sure. She has been walking like a penguin for the past couple of days, but it's been pretty mild and we couldn't tell if something was wrong. Today she's standing completely upright and...

Hello, Today is Sunday for reference ahead... On Thursday and Friday my hen layed as normal herself but the eggs had blood on them - we thought this may just be a small cut internally which may heal. On Saturday she was very separate from the other 8 in the flock, her vent was swollen and she...

I have 3 Indian runner ducks and they are currently laying. Some days I get 3 eggs some maybe 1. For the past week one of the ducks seems angry or something. She's quacking alot which is very unusual for my girls and she has her feathers puffed up alot. I can only describe her as being in a...

My Easter Egger hen was acting differently yesterday. She jumped on the coop perch and just stayed there for an hour or 45 minutes and then went and squatted in the nesting box like she was about to lay an egg for a bit. I gave her some oyster shell and Pedialyte. Then a warm water bath with...

Hi everyone, we have 3 year old ameraucana hen who usually lays every day... the past 2/3 she has not layed anything and I'm starting to worry. I have seen her in the nesting box but when I feel under her to check for an egg she gets up and walks away. She is not broody because she is out in the...

I have a chicken that appears to be egg bound. I have given her baths, applied hemroid cream and tried to feel for an egg with no success. However after every attempt to feel for and egg what apears to be slightly cooked egg yolk and whites and grit comes out. Also she poops a little. We keep...