We have a seven month old White Rock that was showing all the signs of being egg bound. Lethargic, penguin walk, tail down, etc. We took her inside and gave her a nice long warm water soak and massaged her abdomen the first night. The next day she was a little worse, so we repeated the warm water soak, then a gentle gloved probe of her vent, followed by some KY worked up inside. My wife felt a mass that she massaged for awhile. after about thirty minutes of this the chicken passed a large fecal mass that was quite solid, followed a little while later with a more normal stool. we kept her in the house for several hours, and she passed several more normal looking(but horrible smelling) stools. We also noted that her vent seemed slightly prolapsed and was very red. We applied Preparation H, and after she was warm and dry, returned her to the flock. She seemed better for a day or two, but the symptoms have returned even though she seems to be passing normal poo. She seems to be eating, but is not herself, and she keeps her tail tucked most of the time, and will occasionally lie down while she eats. Her vent area shows signs of diarrhea, but what we have seen her pass looks normal. We're stumped at this time.
