Egg bound Hen Help!

[DaisyBuff]

And if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
I had to give the warm bath a few times to a hen before she finally laid the egg.
However, she became egg bound with her next ovulation and she died.

I will keep Trying 1 year is too young for my Daisy to pass. I have a sandbox for kids in my backyard that is growing moss, I will clean it up good and run some warm water in it for Daisy's Bath. Afterward I will lay some old towels down in my back room that I am not using turn the heat on a little bit so it will be warm and oil, and vaseline her vent. Kinda like a massage parlor for daisy. I just hope she passes that egg.

 

[dawg53]

I will keep Trying 1 year is too young for my Daisy to pass. I have a sandbox for kids in my backyard that is growing moss, I will clean it up good and run some warm water in it for Daisy's Bath. Afterward I will lay some old towels down in my back room that I am not using turn the heat on a little bit so it will be warm and oil, and vaseline her vent. Kinda like a massage parlor for daisy. I just hope she passes that egg.

I see that you live east of Atlanta. I'm down here in northeast Florida and it's cold here, so it must be colder where you're at. Dont you have a plastic container that you can put your hen in for a warm soaking, preferably inside, perhaps your back room, at the very least a garage or shed?
Birds feathers do not shed water like a ducks feathers. When chickens get soaked skin in cold temps, it chills them, and then there could be major issues health wise.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I will keep Trying 1 year is too young for my Daisy to pass. I have a sandbox for kids in my backyard that is growing moss, I will clean it up good and run some warm water in it for Daisy's Bath. Afterward I will lay some old towels down in my back room that I am not using turn the heat on a little bit so it will be warm and oil, and vaseline her vent. Kinda like a massage parlor for daisy. I just hope she passes that egg.

My egg bound bird was a pullet about 6 or 7 months of age. I think age was the contributing factor. I no longer manage chickens to encourage early egg laying.
If you are bringing her inside, I like to use a blow dryer after a bath because it is warm, targeted and you may not need to raise the heat in the house.
I always use my basement for a recovery room. Put the bird in a small cage on towels and then I can put the hair dryer right on them on low or medium till they dry.

 

[dawg53]

My egg bound bird was a pullet about 6 or 7 months of age. I think age was the contributing factor. I no longer manage chickens to encourage early egg laying.
If you are bringing her inside, I like to use a blow dryer after a bath because it is warm, targeted and you may not need to raise the heat in the house.
I always use my basement for a recovery room. Put the bird in a small cage on towels and then I can put the hair dryer right on them on low or medium till they dry.

My birds seemed to love the blow dryer after soaking lol.

 

[Eggcessive]

It aould be good also to give a dose of calcium, as well as the soak. Most chickens can swallow half a tablet of calcium or Tums. Calcium can help increase the muscle tone to help pass the egg. Good luck.

 

[DaisyBuff]

I see that you live east of Atlanta. I'm down here in northeast Florida and it's cold here, so it must be colder where you're at. Dont you have a plastic container that you can put your hen in for a warm soaking, preferably inside, perhaps your back room, at the very least a garage or shed?
Birds feathers do not shed water like a ducks feathers. When chickens get soaked skin in cold temps, it chills them, and then there could be major issues health wise.

I decided to put her in a tub ( big plastic tub) in a warm room my back room with the towels Since she may go into shock in cold temps. So her tub vasline, oil towels is all in my warm back room. And yes it is very cold here.

 

[DaisyBuff]

It aould be good also to give a dose of calcium, as well as the soak. Most chickens can swallow half a tablet of calcium or Tums. Calcium can help increase the muscle tone to help pass the egg. Good luck.

I have some off brand Tums the Goodsense brand. I also have some calcium tablets.

 

[Fowlingalong]

Daisy my Buff Orpington hen 1 year appears to be egg bound she has not been laying eggs for a few days now she seems to be panting, weezing when she breathes and it is not even hot outside! I felt her oviduct and I feel something hard ( like an egg) stuck in there. She shows no interest in eating much and is lethargic. Not walking around much are these signs of an egg bound hen? If so, what should I do?

Walk her around.give her an eyedroppper of oil

 

[DaisyBuff]

Will try.

 

[Caroline2008]

You could also give her lots of water and separate her from the others so she doesn’t get picked on