- Feb 16, 2014
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Hi, I am new to the forum and have a question about chickens laying their first eggs.
We watched our Rhode Island red lay her first egg in what looked like a traumatic experience and now she seems to just sit around without much energy.
We thought she might be egg bound but have given her two warm baths with epson salts for 20 mins and no egg has materialized. After the bath she seems to poop runny poo.
We can see the action like she is trying to lay an egg but no egg is appearing. I tried squirting some lube up her vent, it just made her poop.
She still goes to roost and night, she is still drinking and eating but a lot less food than normal and isn't coming for treats, tends to be spending her day hiding in bushes and sitting a lot even closing her eyes while standing. She does not appear to be getting worse, so I'm not sure that she is eggbound. when trying to catch her she can still run around quite fast.
Any help would be great,
Thanks,
Kay
We watched our Rhode Island red lay her first egg in what looked like a traumatic experience and now she seems to just sit around without much energy.
We thought she might be egg bound but have given her two warm baths with epson salts for 20 mins and no egg has materialized. After the bath she seems to poop runny poo.
We can see the action like she is trying to lay an egg but no egg is appearing. I tried squirting some lube up her vent, it just made her poop.
She still goes to roost and night, she is still drinking and eating but a lot less food than normal and isn't coming for treats, tends to be spending her day hiding in bushes and sitting a lot even closing her eyes while standing. She does not appear to be getting worse, so I'm not sure that she is eggbound. when trying to catch her she can still run around quite fast.
Any help would be great,
Thanks,
Kay