Does this look like a egg problem? Or?

[Yoda]

All my hens look like that after they lay an egg. She should look like that every other day til she stops laying.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

New2, I've had 2 hens do the same posture this spring here and after no change by the next day I caught each one and brought to my garage. I then took a syringe (10ml) with a piece of tubing about 6" long and gave each hen 10 ml of Vitamin E down the throat On both occasions the next day both hens had laid a soft shelled egg. I have vitamin E here just in case of this. And once the egg was passed the hens were fine although it took 2 weeks before I started getting eggs out of one hen again.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thank you fbc!
She has been doing this off and on without laying any eggs. On the days when she looks normal, she really seems to be her usual self. I'm not really sure what to make of it.

Can someone remind me about calcium (what kind and how much) for egg problems? This seems like a good idea, too.
She has never been handled in her life (she's 2), so I'm apprehensive about catching her and doing anything to her (and I'm not experienced in pea-handling...).

*eta:
OK, I think I found some (somewhat conflicting) calcium info on another thread, so I'll start there and see what happens.

 

[casportpony]

There's some good stuff here:
https://www.google.com/search?sourc...89,d.cGE&fp=9eb88c8a0a7c8ba2&biw=1357&bih=859

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I thought this one was good:
http://www.aemv.org/Documents/EPP_4-2.pdf

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Egg Binding Part 1
viewtopic.php?f=93&t=2819
Egg Binding Part 2
viewtopic.php?f=93&t=2825

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Lots of calcium dosing info here, including one blurb about also giving e and selenium.
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Ugh.
I got calcium and prepared it, but we COULD NOT catch her.
She's never been handled before and freaked out.

Can I put calcium in their water?
Will it do any harm to Peggy?

 

[frenchblackcopper]

New2,,try handling (catching) her at night by getting a blanket over her.When I move peas after breeding season for their winter housing I do it after dark with a flashlite and new batteries and a dog crate on a wheel barrow. I use the flashlite to locate them on the roost,then if you take your hand over their head and cover their eyes with one hand,and then wrap them with your other arm (I use my left arm)so their head is facing your backside they don't struggle much(at least for me and I don't make pets out of mine) You can almost enclose their body in your one arm with their feet on your forearm and top part of your arm over their wings.They in effect can't move to get free.If they have footing and can't attempt to fly,they seem to know they are in a pickle.
Edited to add,some use a long fishing net to catch and hold them. If her wings are still drooping she still has a problem and if you add calcium to her water she may have to drink a lot of water to get all the calcium she would require. Or it may take a few days for her to drink it all.By then it maybe too late

 

[Yoda]

Is she eating and drinking? If she has been doing this for weeks she would've passed something by now and if the egg was "stuck" she would be making noises and constantly bringing her butt to the ground. You said you moved her into a pen where was she before then? Like Frenchy said do your catching at night and always wear gloves cause her nails can get you. Check her for any cuts, listen to her breathe and look at her eyes, they should be clear and alert. Mine will also walk like that if they are hot and we are currently in a heatwave here in CT.