Egg bound????

[LittleRedCoopLady]

Around 6 months old, just started to lay. Puffed up, not walking around much, pulsing vent..... going to try an epsom salt bath unless anyone else has another suggestion.....

 

[hayley3]

Around 6 months old, just started to lay. Puffed up, not walking around much, pulsing vent..... going to try an epsom salt bath unless anyone else has another suggestion.....View attachment 2457329View attachment 2457342

What's her poop look like?

 

[LittleRedCoopLady]

What's her poop look like?

I have no idea.... I just noticed this change in behavior from yesterday evening. I have 20 hens, so I have no idea what her poop looks like.

 

[hayley3]

I have no idea.... I just noticed this change in behavior from yesterday evening. I have 20 hens, so I have no idea what her poop looks like.

I had a chicken that had coccidiosis and was doing the pulsing vent.

 

[LittleRedCoopLady]

I had a chicken that had coccidiosis and was doing the pulsing vent.

She’s doing the penguin walk, so I suspected she’s egg bound....

 

[LittleRedCoopLady]

Just pooped.... very watery.

 

[hayley3]

She’s doing the penguin walk, so I suspected she’s egg bound....

You can check her easily for egg bound if not, I'd take a sample of her poo to the Vet, it's not expensive. Mine actually had both Cocci and worms per the vet sample.

 

[LittleRedCoopLady]

You can check her easily for egg bound if not, I'd take a sample of her poo to the Vet, it's not expensive. Mine actually had both Cocci and worms per the vet sample.

Not open today.... other than epsom salt bath.... anything else I can do?

 

[Eddie12109]

I haven’t had to deal with this but in order to actually know if she is egg bound or not you can put a glove on and put your finger in her vent about 1-2 inches I believe... if you don’t feel an egg than she might not be egg bound

 

[LittleRedCoopLady]

I haven’t had to deal with this but in order to actually know if she is egg bound or not you can put a glove on and put your finger in her vent about 1-2 inches I believe... if you don’t feel an egg than she might not be egg bound

When I get anywhere near her vent she gets very agitated and squirmy......