3 year old Brahma hen possibly egg bound or something else

[Chickennini]

My favorite hen "Lovey" my granddaughter named her, is possibly egg bound?? It feels like an egg when I gently message her abdomen under her vent. She has had very runny poop & sometimes it's yellow. She is not eating, but is drinking. I gave her electrolyte water. I don't have any calcium, so I have tried giving her cooked egg yolk with crushed egg shells. & I usually always have crushed oyster shells in a separate bowl for all of them. I have her isolated & have given her 2 warm Epsom salt baths. She lays there & seems to enjoy it, after 15 minutes or so she stands up & it does seem like she is pushing. Also, her abdomen seems warm. I'm just not sure if it is a stuck egg or something else that's wrong with her...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My favorite hen "Lovey" my granddaughter named her, is possibly egg bound?? It feels like an egg when I gently message her abdomen under her vent. She has had very runny poop & sometimes it's yellow. She is not eating, but is drinking. I gave her electrolyte water. I don't have any calcium, so I have tried giving her cooked egg yolk with crushed egg shells. & I usually always have crushed oyster shells in a separate bowl for all of them. I have also given her 2 warm Epsom salt baths. She lays there & seems to enjoy it, after 15 minutes or so she stands up & it does seem like she is pushing. Also, her abdomen send warm. I'm just not sure if it is a stuck egg or something else that's wrong with her...

Welcome To BYC

It sounds like you are doing what you can for her.

If possible, try to get a Calcium supplement to give her. You can give her a TUMS or 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 once daily for a week.

Having extra Calcium can help with contraction and also helps them expel an egg or material when in distress.

If she's tolerating the soakings o.k. then you can still do those as well.

Drinking is good, that means she's staying hydrated. Often a hen that is having difficulties laying and egg won't eat very much but do make it available to her during waking hours.

Is she still pooping?

 

[Chickennini]

Welcome To BYC

It sounds like you are doing what you can for her.

If possible, try to get a Calcium supplement to give her. You can give her a TUMS or 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 once daily for a week.

Having extra Calcium can help with contraction and also helps them expel an egg or material when in distress.

If she's tolerating the soakings o.k. then you can still do those as well.

Drinking is good, that means she's staying hydrated. Often a hen that is having difficulties laying and egg won't eat very much but do make it available to her during waking hours.

Is she still pooping?

Thank you for the reply. I'm actually not sure when the last time she popped, was? I have a towel in her crate, & don't know if the poop is recent... She is in the coop for the night, in a separate crate. I will update on the morning...

 

[Chickennini]

Thank you for the reply. I'm actually not sure when the last time she popped, was? I have a towel in her crate, & don't know if the poop is recent... She is in the coop for the night, in a separate crate. I will update on the morning...

I will also get calcium for her tomorrow!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hopefully in the morning she's expelled her egg and is waiting to be let out

 

[Chickennini]

Hopefully in the morning she's expelled her egg and is waiting to be let out

Well, she still hasn't laid any egg...
How do I give her the calcium? It is on pill form...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Well, she still hasn't laid any egg...
How do I give her the calcium? It is on pill form...

How is her overall demeanor?

To give a Calcium tablet, pull down on the wattles, pop the tablet into the beak, let go of the wattles and let her swallow.

 

[Chickennini]

So I gave her the calcium yesterday afternoon, & still no egg... She is walking around in her crate & wants to get out... She still isn't eating, she is drinking & she is pooping a little, the poop looks pretty normal just not very much. Do I need to make her stay in the crate?
Also, yesterday I got a pretty good feel in her vent, & the eggs feel like they are covered in a membrane ... Does that mean it is probably worse than just egg bound??

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Oh, I'd let her out if she's not getting picked on.
She likely will eat/drink better with the flock.

She may have laid internally if you aren't feeling an egg in the cloaca.

So I gave her the calcium yesterday afternoon, & still no egg... She is walking around in her crate & wants to get out... She still isn't eating, she is drinking & she is pooping a little, the poop looks pretty normal just not very much. Do I need to make her stay in the crate?
Also, yesterday I got a pretty good feel in her vent, & the eggs feel like they are covered in a membrane ... Does that mean it is probably worse than just egg bound??