Egg Bound - Broken Egg!!

[WellingtonCoop]

Hi all,

We have a sweet hen in our coop who is egg-bound, and the egg has broken.

I can see the tip of the thinned-shelled broken egg sticking out of her vent. Her comb is pale and looks frostbitten as well (unrelated or not?). She cannot stand, is incredibly weak, and looks at death's door. Everything is closed near us today. I'm not sure what to do. This is the first hen we've ever had egg-bound. The rest of her sisters (5 other hens) look completely healthy, robust, and enjoying this sunny winter afternoon. It's been cold, with lots of snow, but not anything colder than they've experienced in the past. Their coop is well insulated.

I've let her sit in a tub of warm water for 20 minutes, massaged the vent and removed crusted poop, and the area around the vent is clear. I know as soon as the egg breaks, it is unlikely she will survive without antibiotics, but I can't get my hands on anything as it's Sunday. Do I just make her comfortable? I brought her into our house, and she is resting in a clean box with fresh straw in a warm spot. Is it a watch-and-wait situation? Keep her hydrated etc.? I feel so helpless!

Update: I had some calcium carbonate tablets so I added a few drops of liquid vitamin D, crushed this up and mixed with water and syringe fed her the mixture. Fingers crossed!!

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you try to gently remove the egg and membrane? I would give her a human calcium tablet with vitamin d 600 mg now orally straight into her beak. That can help her muscle contractions help her pass the egg and membrane. Calcium citrate is very quickly absorbed, but give her other calcium or Tums, whatever you have until you can get some. Amoxicillin is very good to give, and Aqua Mox is found online. Your vet might help. Try pet stores that might sell the aqua mox for fish.

 

[WellingtonCoop]

Can you try to gently remove the egg and membrane? I would give her a human calcium tablet with vitamin d 600 mg now orally straight into her beak. That can help her muscle contractions help her pass the egg and membrane. Calcium citrate is very quickly absorbed, but give her other calcium or Tums, whatever you have until you can get some. Amoxicillin is very good to give, and Aqua Mox is found online. Your vet might help. Try pet stores that might sell the aqua mox for fish.

Thank you so much. I just crushed up some calcium carbonate with vitamin D that I had and syringe fed her the mixture. I'll check for aqua mox as well!