- Jul 17, 2013
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I have a young hen who is laying her first or maybe second egg. A few hours ago I noticed an egg was sticking out of her bum and it is bright red. After reading online I thought she might be "egg bound". We gave her a warm bath and tried to put olive oil on it. We also tried to feed her some olive oil, but she said no.
She walks slowly and waddles.
When we touched the egg to put the oil on it, it was like it was covered in a membrane. We were not touching the egg itself. There was some whiteish poo on her feathers below it, so some poo poos are getting out, but from what I read the solids may be backing up behind the egg?
Our farm store is closed now and it opens late tomorrow (Sunday). I'm not even sure they can help. What should I do??? I put her up in the coop for the night into her favorite area since it is late and I'm out of ideas.
I'm a very inexperienced chicken person!! AH. Any ideas or terms I can read on for more ideas??
thanks,
tara
She walks slowly and waddles.
When we touched the egg to put the oil on it, it was like it was covered in a membrane. We were not touching the egg itself. There was some whiteish poo on her feathers below it, so some poo poos are getting out, but from what I read the solids may be backing up behind the egg?
Our farm store is closed now and it opens late tomorrow (Sunday). I'm not even sure they can help. What should I do??? I put her up in the coop for the night into her favorite area since it is late and I'm out of ideas.
I'm a very inexperienced chicken person!! AH. Any ideas or terms I can read on for more ideas??
thanks,
tara