<b>EGG BOUND HEN????

[amysflock]

I recently lost a year-old Easter Egger to stroke (probably) after she had been egg bound and finally layed a giant soft-shelled egg. She was visibly straining and making weird noises, so I had an idea that might have been the problem, but warm baths and lube didn't help, and I wasn't able to feel an egg up there. She must have had it for quite some time. I found her before work one morning curled up under the roost next to her giant white egg.

Hope your girl recovers, and that she isn't egg bound!

 

[tinman9952]

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how do you check?

 

[Elite Silkies]

You can use mineral oil, I use a rubber glove also. You can put your finger in her vent, but you have to be careful, there is a membrane in there that you can not damage.

 

[flymamma]

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I have a chicken EXATCLY like that , I was told she was is a black star sex link . And she is OVER 20 weeks old , so late for a sex link too .. maybe she is not a sex link ?

 

[Rooster#3]

hopefully broody

 

[grandmachicken]

This spring I had a pullet go broody after laying for about a week - we put 7 assorted eggs under her and she was content. But then one of the older hens got jealous and went broody herself - tried to take over the nest, sat for hours in another nest with no eggs, made a lot of noise. So when it was time for the eggs under the pullet to hatch, I got a couple of day old chicks from the feed store and really quickly slipped them under the other hen's bottom. Voila! her (non-existent) eggs had hatched, she had 2 babies to take care of, and she was broody no longer.

Long story short - try giving her some babies!