🚨Help! My chicken is acting weird & maybe egg-bound? Video posted

[new2chickens_]

I have a full-sized hen (I just adopted them a couple months ago and have no idea about the breed). I want to give her an epsom salt bath to ensure that she isn’t egg bound (she’s been acting funny). I have four little kids, so I need to be able to leave her in the bath while I take care of my babes. I saw someone cut a hole in the lid of the Tupperware container to secure the hen—my questions are: does it matter if her tail feathers are down while in the epsom salt bath? Or does it not make a difference if she is egg bound? Any recommendations for the size/dimensions of containers?

I am nervous about putting her in a bigger container with no lid—I don’t want her to be stressed and trying to fly out while unsupervised.

Thank you!

 

[new2chickens_]

These are the two sizes of totes I have

 

[nuthatched]

You have to stay with her and hold her.
Is she sitting hunched backed? What symptoms are you seeing?

 

[new2chickens_]

You have to stay with her and hold her.
Is she sitting hunched backed? What symptoms are you seeing?

It looks like she taking big breaths or stretching her back. I don’t notice a change in her breathing when I hold her though. She sits a lot and walks like she is stiff. I tried to take a video—is there any way to post it on this thread?

 

[new2chickens_]

You have to stay with her and hold her.
Is she sitting hunched backed? What symptoms are you seeing?

Here is a video of how she is acting

 

[nuthatched]

Here is a video of how she is acting

It looks like she's struggling, definitely. Do you have any calcium tablets?

 

[new2chickens_]

It looks like she's struggling, definitely. Do you have any calcium tablets?

I don’t, but I can get some. Do you have a recommendation on which kind? I am near a North 40 store or I can order on Amazon.

 

[nuthatched]

I don’t, but I can get some. Do you have a recommendation on which kind? I am near a North 40 store or I can order on Amazon.

The quicker, the better. Calcium citrate would be best. I would also proceede with the bath.

 

[new2chickens_]

Update: I gave her an epsom salt bath and lubricated her vent with coconut oil. I didn’t feel an egg when I felt her stomach or her vent. She is in a dog crate with food and water in our basement for now. She didn’t do any of the deep breathing/stretching from the video when in the bath.

Any other ideas what it could be?

 

[Katieskerlong]

Update: I gave her an epsom salt bath and lubricated her vent with coconut oil. I didn’t feel an egg when I felt her stomach or her vent. She is in a dog crate with food and water in our basement for now. She didn’t do any of the deep breathing/stretching from the video when in the bath.

Any other ideas what it could be?

What ended up happening with her?