Is this egg bound

[azygous]

I don't want you to open or spread her vent, either. Feeling for an egg is fruitless 99% of the time, so I never even try to do it. I would bet that most people who advise to check the vent for an egg have never done it themselves.

If her vent is closed tightly, chances are she doesn't have a stuck egg. She may not even be ready to lay her first egg yet.

One way to check to see if she's ready to lay is to find the two knobby protrusions on each side of her vent. They stick out like door knobs. Try fitting two fingers side by side between them. If the knobs are too close together for your fingers to fit, she may still be several weeks from laying her first egg.

If you think she has vent gleet, the treatment is this stuff. https://www.jedds.com/shop/medistatin/ You mix it into her drinking water or you can mix it with a little egg or yogurt.

 

[jus10inla]

She is right at 10 months old. I hatched her last june. But i know the easter & olive are always late. She has exhibited signs of getting ready, squatting alot over last couple weeks. Idk. Im not in a position to dr her up too much tonite. If she is stil like this when i leave in the morning im gona cull her. She has no energy at all

 

[jus10inla]

Woke up this morning she was deader than a door nail. Split open where the bulge was at the base of the vent. It was not an egg. The vent had simply closed up if that makes sense.