How to tell if egg bound?

[Bokbokbokbecky]

You can still feed her, but I'd make it only her crumbles or pellets for now and water. She might not eat though. You could make her a mash out of the feed with some water in it. She'd probably like that. I'd break a Tums in two and give both halves to her so she gets that in her system faster. It'll take her a long time to consume the Tums diluted in her water, though that was a good idea.

Ok. I just had her eat a whole tums and she still has access to the dissolved ones too. I’m grabbing a cup of her feed now to make into a mash but I don’t think she’ll eat till the morning.

The egg still seems to be in the wrong place within her body. From what I can tell looking at diagrams online, a stuck egg should be higher in her body towards her spine, but this one seems like it’s in her lower intestines. Just based on the pictures I’m seeing.

 

[Bokbokbokbecky]

Put the Tums right in her beak, she can swallow it. If you put it in water she has to drink ALL the water to get the full dose, and she probably won't drink all that. A chicken can swallow a whole mouse or frog, lol. Now I really am gone!

That’s a really good point! I’m always worried I’ll asphyxiate them but now that you mention it I HAVE seen this one eat a whole garter snake before!

 

[Debbie292d]

Ok. I just had her eat a whole tums and she still has access to the dissolved ones too. I’m grabbing a cup of her feed now to make into a mash but I don’t think she’ll eat till the morning.

The egg still seems to be in the wrong place within her body. From what I can tell looking at diagrams online, a stuck egg should be higher in her body towards her spine, but this one seems like it’s in her lower intestines. Just based on the pictures I’m seeing.

The calcium will cause contractions and should help her expel the egg or parts thereof if that's what it is.

If this lump you're feeling isn't hot, so probably not an infection, and isn't an egg, then I'm at a loss.

 

[Bokbokbokbecky]

The calcium will cause contractions and should help her expel the egg or parts thereof if that's what it is.

If this lump you're feeling isn't hot, so probably not an infection, and isn't an egg, then I'm at a loss.

Can I give her too much calcium? I don’t want to overdose her

 

[Debbie292d]

Can I give her too much calcium? I don’t want to overdose her

The whole Tums you fed her is enough. I'd dump the water and give her fresh. Crossing my fingers this works!

 

[Bokbokbokbecky]

The whole Tums you fed her is enough. I'd dump the water and give her fresh. Crossing my fingers this works!

Ok thank you! I appreciate your help! Hopefully we’ll wake up to an egg and a more comfortable chicken