- Feb 26, 2010
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1) What type of bird , age and weight. She is a Buff Orpington Hen, she is 8 months old and weighs about 4.5 pounds
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She has been laying in the coop and not coming out for a week. She has not laid an egg in a week. She will eat if I take her out of the coop and bring her inside and give her crumbles, oatmeal, grapes and now oyster shells. She is fluffed up sometimes.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? one week.
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. no
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. I haven't been giving her calcium until yesterday except for an occasional egg shell. But the other 3 hens are laying.
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. crumbles, oatmeal, grapes and now oyster shells
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. very large when I first take her out of the coop and then normal.
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? I have been taking her into the bathroom in the morning and running a warm shower to warm and moisten the room. She will poop, but no egg. Thought egg bound but the only other sign is the fluffy feathers.
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? I just want to know if it is normal for her to lay in her coop for a week with no egg. Should I take her to a vet. What can they do? I don't feel an egg in her but she lays some really big eggs (about 2-3/4 ounces). She has laid almost every day for 3 months now.
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. no visible wound
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use
I have a dog run and inside the dog run is a large (3.5'x4.5') dog house raised up off the ground ab out a foot with shelves inside but she would lay her eggs under the shelf.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She has been laying in the coop and not coming out for a week. She has not laid an egg in a week. She will eat if I take her out of the coop and bring her inside and give her crumbles, oatmeal, grapes and now oyster shells. She is fluffed up sometimes.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? one week.
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. no
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. I haven't been giving her calcium until yesterday except for an occasional egg shell. But the other 3 hens are laying.
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. crumbles, oatmeal, grapes and now oyster shells
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. very large when I first take her out of the coop and then normal.
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? I have been taking her into the bathroom in the morning and running a warm shower to warm and moisten the room. She will poop, but no egg. Thought egg bound but the only other sign is the fluffy feathers.
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? I just want to know if it is normal for her to lay in her coop for a week with no egg. Should I take her to a vet. What can they do? I don't feel an egg in her but she lays some really big eggs (about 2-3/4 ounces). She has laid almost every day for 3 months now.
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. no visible wound
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use
I have a dog run and inside the dog run is a large (3.5'x4.5') dog house raised up off the ground ab out a foot with shelves inside but she would lay her eggs under the shelf.