My poor little girl "Red" has been like this now for 4-5 days. I don't know what is wrong with her. She has been standing in the corners all day, very small appetite, but still drinking water. She will not roost anymore, instead lays in crate with hay. It's only her and one other hen. They have both been wormed (safeguard 4cc as she weighs 4 lbs) they are clear of mites or any other pests. Coop has been cleaned, DE and sevin. She hasn't laid any eggs in 5 days. I gave her 2 Epsom salt soaks for 15 minutes. I've injected lube into her vent if it was in fact an egg bound situation. And then tonight I gave another Epsom soak, and went into her vent with my finger to feel for an egg and felt nothing. She did seem quite swollen in there as it was not easy, even with ALOT of lube to get my index finger in there to feel around. Seemed rather swollen to me. All of her poops have been quite watery and runny. I've ran out of ideas as to what this could be!!! She is defiantly far from being herself. The last thing I'm about to try is give her a crushed tums tablet. I've been told of egg bound this helps? What else can this be?? Also when she is in her basket, she is not laying down, she is standing as if it's to uncomfortable to lay down? She has her butt slightly dropped down but not significantly...
in this picture, she is still slightly damp from her soak, but this is how she sleeps. Super strange. I gave her a little heat lamp tonight, maybe that will relax her a little.
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