Egg Bound.. Constipated hen?

[mseely]

If you have any Nutri-Drench, you should give her a few drops of that. It would at least give her a boost in vitamins and electrolytes. Nutri-Drench has literally been a life saver for us many times. Best wishes with your girl.

Thanks! I have life-lytes I've been mixing into her water, it has most of the same stuff as nutridrench I believe. Hopefully it'll help!

 

[AmazingRachel]

This actually seems very similar to what my hen did. The same thing was the huge very dark colored and very smelly poop. It started with a limp in one leg and the next day she had trouble balancing, third day she wouldn't stand without support and would flop over on one side. By day five she passed away. I sent her body to the state lab for a necropsy and it said that she died of egg yolk peritonitis.