Egg Bound BB Turkey Hen

[FreedomFeather]

Does anyone have experience with an egg bound turkey hen? I can't seem to find much info on turkeys with this issue only chickens. She has been in and out of the nest for 3 days with no eggs laid. Her back end is pulsing up and down. We have seen her eat and she did poop although they are watery. We are going to try and dunk her in warm water but she is huge, shes around 1 yr +

Any feedback is greatly appreciated on any successful things to try. We will also try adding lubrication around the vent.

Our theory is most BB hens are harvested by now and maybe they have more difficulty with eggs due to their abnormally large bodies, etc. Although we have a friend with a 6 year old BB hen who lays and broods with no issues ever. Maybe its a personal thing with this bird.

 

[WalnutHill]

I have a yearling BBB hen who normally lays 90g eggs, she just laid a 132g egg.

I've lost many old chicken hens to egg binding from jumbo eggs, but haven't experienced it yet with turkeys and hope not to. Lubrication and warm compresses may work better than attempting to dunk her in warm water.