Egg bound for over a week

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

@Wyorp Rock might know

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So I'm taking care of my aunt's egg bound hen. she's been in this condition for over a week. I have managed to get her to eat small amounts of yogurt and creamed corn and drink water here and there. But she is feathers and bones and her underbelly from right behind her legs all the way to her vent is bulgy, firm, or swollen. When she is able to poop it's really stinky and it is a very distinct yellow color. She was on death's door until I took her from my aunt and started giving her all kinds of attention and affection and it's been over a week and she's still fighting to get through it and I'm running out of ideas. To me it feels like she has an egg either turned wrong right or too big right below her vent area and also off to the right side of her belly. Does anybody have any ideas of what to do I've already given her warm baths, I have separated her from the other chickens, kept her warm, and comfortable, lubricated her vent, I'm just don't know what else I can do and I'm hoping somebody else does

Doesn't sound like she's egg bound but has a reproductive disorder. Which one it would be hard to know. EYP, Internal Laying, Cancer, tumors, etc. can all be common in laying hens. Often a symptom of fluid (ascites) accompanies these disorders.

If fluid is causing some swelling, it can sometimes be drained to help keep a hen more comfortable for whatever time she has left. It won't cure her since the underlying condition still exists.

An antibiotic like Amoxicillin may also offer some measure of relief as well.

 

[wkshaddon]

Doesn't sound like she's egg bound but has a reproductive disorder. Which one it would be hard to know. EYP, Internal Laying, Cancer, tumors, etc. can all be common in laying hens. Often a symptom of fluid (ascites) accompanies these disorders.

If fluid is causing some swelling, it can sometimes be drained to help keep a hen more comfortable for whatever time she has left. It won't cure her since the underlying condition still exists.

An antibiotic like Amoxicillin may also offer some measure of relief as well.

Well that's sad. I'll have to read up on internal laying, etc. And it's not so much like she's swollen but has a large lump on the right side of her backend just below the start of her tail and goes down to her underbelly.