Egg sideways?? HELP!

[CandyJ]

I have a Buff Orpington (about a year old) who I think is egg bound or the egg is sideways. She has been sitting/laying around all afternoon in the pen, in the yard, in the grass..everywhere! Her tail is tucked down and she does not seem to want to walk...at least not far. I felt her rear and she is missing all the feathers around her vent. I felt a very large hard egg shaped object near the vent but it was sideways. Assuming it was an egg, I very gently pushed this longways. The hen did not act like it was painful and was calm. I placed her in a nest box and left for a few minutes hoping she would pass it. I checked on her again and the object was sideways again!

What is it and what can I do??

She has been eating and drinking.

 

[debster1556]

Not sure exactly what to say but I thought I would at least bump this for you so it might be seen. I have heard for egg bound you could put her in warm water for 20 minutes or so and that might help things pass.

 

[CandyJ]

I just gave her a warm bath for about 30 minutes. I was shocked at how much she loved the bath and being blow dried! She almost feel asleep in the bath! I massaged her back, rear, and tummy. She perked up a little but her tail is still tucked under and she prefers laying on her left side. I don't know what else to do. Hopefully she will be better by morning.

 

[debster1556]

Keep her calm, warm and in the dark I think. Look around at some of the links on egg bound etc. Some of them say to give the chicken a tums. The calcium helps I think. But read about it first as I am not the authority on this. I'm just going by memory from what I've read.

Good luck!

 

[Eggcessive]

You should put on a rubber glove, insert a finger 1-2 inches inside the vent to feel for an egg. You might feel an egg with a shell or without, or you may feel a tumor, or nothing but tissue. If there is an egg, calcium (as in a Tums, 1/2 a calcium tablet, or liquid calcium gluconate, along with the warm bath may relax the muscles enough to pass the egg. Sometimes they can look like this with egg yolk peritonitis too.

 

[gibsterl]

Sometimes too...if you massage her you might be able to help her expel the egg...especially after a warm bath, if not going in her vent and trying to get it out would be my next step but do your best not to break it if you can-if it does break try your best to get it all out. I had a hen about a yr back with a broken egg....and was able to clear it with my fingers....was lucky to get it all out and she is still laying a yr later.

 

[CandyJ]

Sorry for the late post! I've been in the hospital for emergency surgery for my appendix. I gave my hen a bath and massaged her. She passed the egg and is fine now!

 

[Sarevan]

So glad YOU and your hen are fine! feel better soon.