Eddie12109
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Hi all,
I am dealing with an almost 9 year old hen who seems to be egg bound. Here is what is going on:
About 12 days ago I decided to put her on amoxicillin because she had an infected preen gland and also she was head shaking a little bit. She also had decently loose poop. She is currently towards the end of her molt.
I have been checking her out everyday and it seems to me (and when my dad was holding her he noticed) that she is feeling lighter than usual. Her keel bone isn't noticeably protruding so I am assuming it is due to the molt but not positive.
I have always noticed that her crop is odd, it usually doesn't hang down like normal crops, it isn't baggy at all and she never likes when I touch it because I pinch her because it is usually hard to feel but this has been her whole life I would assume, I know it's been this way for over two years.
Yesterday, her crop was feeling a little off as in not moving so I massaged it and waited until the morning to feel it again. This morning, it was the same as yesterday so I set up a dog cage in my porch and that's where she stayed for the 5 hours I was gone volunteering to see what she would poop out and if her crop would go down. When I came back, she had all of these white, wet, and small poops. I opened up her cage and she barely moved to get out, she eventually moved towards the corner of my porch and huddled by herself in the corner. This was when I saw that the white poops were dribbling down her bottom and I immediately thought egg bound. This was at around 2:45 and it is now 6:30.
During that time I gave her:
two epsom salt baths, both 15 minutes and in the last one I massaged her
A calcium tablet with D3
Electrolytes, not even 4 mL but I barely but any water so it was thick with the powder.
An eyedropper worth of mineral oil
Here is what I am guessing it is:
Starting back last year, she has been laying soft-shelled eggs. She used to lay them every night, then would go every other night, and it would not be consistent. Every time she laid one, she got calcium but no matter how much calcium, they were never hard shelled eggs. Finally, four months ago she seemed to retire from it, but then 2 months ago she laid one randomly at night without me knowing she needed to lay one.
In addition to soft shells, she always lays them around 10:00 pm. Leading up to it, even four hours in advanced, she would be pulsating her vent and showing visible signs she has to lay an egg including making noises.
My first guess is that this is a stray soft-shelled egg and she is waiting until night to lay it. I wouldn't be too surprised but I want to make sure I am doing everything right. ***** I also stuck my finger up her butt and couldn't feel anything hard but she screamed like I was touching something. I doubt you would be able to feel a soft shelled but... ****
My next guess would be that she ate a bead, one of those round ones you put on a necklace, and she is clogged from that. That is my second guess because I used to have a bead on my chickens grave site and it disappeared two days ago.
@Wyorp Rock @Aunt Angus @azygous @Eggcessive
I am dealing with an almost 9 year old hen who seems to be egg bound. Here is what is going on:
About 12 days ago I decided to put her on amoxicillin because she had an infected preen gland and also she was head shaking a little bit. She also had decently loose poop. She is currently towards the end of her molt.
I have been checking her out everyday and it seems to me (and when my dad was holding her he noticed) that she is feeling lighter than usual. Her keel bone isn't noticeably protruding so I am assuming it is due to the molt but not positive.
I have always noticed that her crop is odd, it usually doesn't hang down like normal crops, it isn't baggy at all and she never likes when I touch it because I pinch her because it is usually hard to feel but this has been her whole life I would assume, I know it's been this way for over two years.
Yesterday, her crop was feeling a little off as in not moving so I massaged it and waited until the morning to feel it again. This morning, it was the same as yesterday so I set up a dog cage in my porch and that's where she stayed for the 5 hours I was gone volunteering to see what she would poop out and if her crop would go down. When I came back, she had all of these white, wet, and small poops. I opened up her cage and she barely moved to get out, she eventually moved towards the corner of my porch and huddled by herself in the corner. This was when I saw that the white poops were dribbling down her bottom and I immediately thought egg bound. This was at around 2:45 and it is now 6:30.
During that time I gave her:
two epsom salt baths, both 15 minutes and in the last one I massaged her
A calcium tablet with D3
Electrolytes, not even 4 mL but I barely but any water so it was thick with the powder.
An eyedropper worth of mineral oil
Here is what I am guessing it is:
Starting back last year, she has been laying soft-shelled eggs. She used to lay them every night, then would go every other night, and it would not be consistent. Every time she laid one, she got calcium but no matter how much calcium, they were never hard shelled eggs. Finally, four months ago she seemed to retire from it, but then 2 months ago she laid one randomly at night without me knowing she needed to lay one.
In addition to soft shells, she always lays them around 10:00 pm. Leading up to it, even four hours in advanced, she would be pulsating her vent and showing visible signs she has to lay an egg including making noises.
My first guess is that this is a stray soft-shelled egg and she is waiting until night to lay it. I wouldn't be too surprised but I want to make sure I am doing everything right. ***** I also stuck my finger up her butt and couldn't feel anything hard but she screamed like I was touching something. I doubt you would be able to feel a soft shelled but... ****
My next guess would be that she ate a bead, one of those round ones you put on a necklace, and she is clogged from that. That is my second guess because I used to have a bead on my chickens grave site and it disappeared two days ago.
@Wyorp Rock @Aunt Angus @azygous @Eggcessive
