Egg-bound ...do they survive? - please tell me YES THEY CAN!!

[Sissy]

charp- charp Sorry to hear this but you seem to be
doing all the right things I too had the same
problem .and my lady if fine,
but it sure is a stressfull situation.
I hope it works out for Betty.
and Welcome to BYC

 

[charpcharp]

birdlover - thanks for your kind words. The vet-issue is troubling me a bit as we live in the remote islands of Scotland where most animals are kept for working purposes or as "providers" - it's all a bit traditional!

Most hen-keepers we've spoken to have said either they've never experienced it or they've had them....you know. It's frustrating as we won't be able to phone the vets till tomorrow to find out if they even have antibiotics for chickens. But we can only try.

As for the vermex, I'm starting to wonder if you're right - it's a treatment for internal paracites...ie. a wormer and it might have just been too much for her if she wasn't well in the first place - especially if she has no food in her for it to work on.

She's still not interested in eating anything - we've tried apples, carrots, yogurt, mash, porrige.... anymore suggestions for tasty chicken-friendly treats?

 

[REELDOC]

This morning and this afternoon one of my hens laid 3 eggs and is still on the nest. No signs of being eggbound at all. I think this is the last of 6 hens that has finally laid. None of the rest did that although I have one hen that has laid 5-6 a week for the past 3 weeks. They are 25 weeks old.

 

[Katy]

If she's prolasped it just helps shrink the tissues that are irritated.

 

[charpcharp]

A wee update on Betty - She's still with us! On Sunday, newly formed friends (through sharing the love of chickens) came round and went full throttle - got the remains of what turned out to be a soft shell egg out of Betty's rear, washed her out using a syringe and water until she was totally clear of gunk and since then, we've been applying a cortizone cream (E-45 do a cotizone 1% cream that you can get from a pharmacy) twice daily as advised by a bird specialist vet down in England who we managed to contact.

Her rear end has reduced in inflamation dramatically and her last "strain" was on Sunday evening about an hour after her wash out.

Since then, she's brightened up, we've allowed more light in the room but we're still keeping a close eye on her in case she's got some kind of poisoning, which apparently is very likely as the egg broke inside her.

She's not eating much though...if anyone could suggest anything that has a high nutritional value as well as being gentle on her stomach and relatively tasty, I'd be very grateful!

Her poos are greenish but seem to be going gradually browner depending on if she has eaten or not. How do we get her back on her food? If she is going to make it, obviously we want to help keep her strength up.

We read that garlic in her water would help build her immune system so we've got some in her box now.

 

[Highlander]

I've sent you a pm charpcharp.

 

[charpcharp]

really sorry but what is a pm? And how do I...erm...receive it?!

 

[Highlander]

You should see an orange dancing chicken at the top of the page (under index, user list etc.) Click on it and it will take you to your personal message box. (PM)

 

[birdlover]

Without reading over all the posts, I suggest apple sauce, hard boiled egg, plain yogurt with hardboiled egg yolk and/or oatmeal mixed in, whole wheat bread and, if you can get them, meal worms. These things have worked best when my chickens are sick. I'm so glad you found somebody to help you with Betty and that she is feeling better. I hope she eats for you soon!!

 

[vfem]

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I'm suggestion Yogurt! High calcium will be good for her.... plus if she produces another egg you don't want it to be soft with a chance of breaking inside her so soon.

I don't know how she'll do with garlic... my chickens will absolutely not eat garlic or onions. Just something they pick around.

I'm happy she's doing better though!