I have determined that my neighbor's 2 yr old huge Barred Rock hen is eggbound. Turns out that this has been developing for about 3 weeks. Argggh.
Symptoms:
She is lethargic, her comb is getting pale and floppy; she is breathing heavy and has a softball/small melon sized abdomen.
She is leaking a creamy yellow stuff from her vent, but it is not mucous like, so I do not think it is vent gleet. No rooster for over 2 months. No introductions to flock.
I looked up on the board about egg bound hens and have done a warm soak for about 20 minutes. She actually stayed in the water on her own and seemed to expel a little bit more of what looked like soft scrambled eggs. (Sorry to be graphic)
As I have never done an internal, I am not sure what I was feeling. When I entered about 1 inch I felt a "wall" so I followed it off to one side and felt what seemed to be an egg-like shape. I was unable to palpate it towards the vent but didn't force b/c I was afraid that maybe it wasn't an egg but an organ.
From the outside her belly is quite distended and I seem to feel about 3 oval shaped items within the larger mass.
Was I most likely feeling eggs?
Where would I feel organs - how far in, left right? etc.
How often should we soak and how long to have an egg come out?
She is in the dark, has access to food and water but isn't really drinking (without being forced).
Do you move forward and try to break the egg(s) to relieve her?
Please advise.
Symptoms:
She is lethargic, her comb is getting pale and floppy; she is breathing heavy and has a softball/small melon sized abdomen.
She is leaking a creamy yellow stuff from her vent, but it is not mucous like, so I do not think it is vent gleet. No rooster for over 2 months. No introductions to flock.
I looked up on the board about egg bound hens and have done a warm soak for about 20 minutes. She actually stayed in the water on her own and seemed to expel a little bit more of what looked like soft scrambled eggs. (Sorry to be graphic)
As I have never done an internal, I am not sure what I was feeling. When I entered about 1 inch I felt a "wall" so I followed it off to one side and felt what seemed to be an egg-like shape. I was unable to palpate it towards the vent but didn't force b/c I was afraid that maybe it wasn't an egg but an organ.
From the outside her belly is quite distended and I seem to feel about 3 oval shaped items within the larger mass.
Was I most likely feeling eggs?
Where would I feel organs - how far in, left right? etc.
How often should we soak and how long to have an egg come out?
She is in the dark, has access to food and water but isn't really drinking (without being forced).
Do you move forward and try to break the egg(s) to relieve her?
Please advise.
