Did I jump the gun? Serama egg bound or normal?

[Phi-Phi]

My first time layer frizzled serama was laying in a nesting box for trying to lay her first egg for over 24 hours only to get up and eat, drink and roost with the other hens. I was able to feel an egg in her abdomen. When I found her in the nesting box the next day, I decided to give her some calcium supplement, applied Vaseline, and a warm 15 minute bath and massage. I then left her alone and made sure my bigger girls didn’t bother her. She then laid a considerably normal egg about 2 hours later. The image below shows her egg next to a d’Uccle egg.

My question is, would she have laid an egg on her own without my intervention? Is it normal for a bantam to take a long time to lay her first few eggs? She is back in the nesting box today and has been in there for most of the day (except to eat and drink).
This is Fanny, she is very small:

 

[azygous]

What you did was a wise move as far as I'm concerned.

I like to stress to chicken keepers, trust your intuition. We all know our chickens better than we think we do, on an intuitive level. If we spend time with our chickens, we learn on a subconscious level their normal behavior, so when they start to have a problem, something will seem "off". We shouldn't ignore that. It's like a road sign warning of sharp curves ahead. Ignore it at your peril. Also your chicken's.

 

[Sammi_0411]

U did right thing just keep an eye on her laying see if anynore issues maybe due to being her first beautiful gal btw i love frizzles

 

[Phi-Phi]

What you did was a wise move as far as I'm concerned.

I like to stress to chicken keepers, trust your intuition. We all know our chickens better than we think we do, on an intuitive level. If we spend time with our chickens, we learn on a subconscious level their normal behavior, so when they start to have a problem, something will seem "off". We shouldn't ignore that. It's like a road sign warning of sharp curves ahead. Ignore it at your peril. Also your chicken's.

Thank you for those thoughtful words.

 

[Phi-Phi]

U did right thing just keep an eye on her laying see if anynore issues maybe due to being her first beautiful gal btw i love frizzles

Thank you very much!

 

[Phi-Phi]

I just checked on the chickens and found Fanny in the nesting box again. The other chickens have long since roosted. I wasn’t able to feel an egg in Fanny’s abdomen earlier today like I did the day before. Could she be broody after only laying one egg?

 

[aart]

Could she be broody after only laying one egg?

Probably not.....but she may be stressed out and 'hiding'.
Had she previously roosted with the other birds?
They can act pretty wonky at onset of lay.

 

[Phi-Phi]

Yes she used to roost with the other hens. She is quite bossy actually and doesn’t mind the big girls. The big girls have become indifferent towards her. She has actually roosted with the big girls on occasion. I have 3 separate roosts and all but one of the big girls always roost on the top, then the smaller 4 hens including Fanny usually roost on the second highest with one of the big girls.

 

[Phi-Phi]

So strange. I checked on Fanny this evening and she joined the other girls free ranging. I checked to see if she had laid an egg... nothing. I watched her for a little while and she did this strange stance where she fanned her tail out and stuck her wings out and down (like a bow) in front of the Pavlovskaya and then went about her business. She reminded me of a turkey. Also, I am still unable to feel an egg in her abdomen. I hope this is just a strange little phase...