MY CHICKENS KEEP HAVING TROUBLE PASSING EGGS AND BUST INSIDE?

[cyndalrash]

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP. I HAVE SOAKED HER FOR AN HOUR IN WARM WATER RUBBING HER ABDOMEN AND GAVE HER A LITTLE BIT OF OLIVE OIL. HOPING SHE MAKES IT TILL MORNING AND WILL TAKE HER TO A VET. JUST SO UPSET! I FEEL LIKE I AM DOING THEM RIGHT. BUT TO BE MY 3RD ONE IN 2 YEARS....SOMETHINGG IS NOT RIGHT

 

[WhiteWyan]

I'm so sorry to hear about your hen! 3 hens in 2 years, I think you're lucky. It's horrible to lose them like that but it could be worse. Sounds like you feed them well, honestly. I'm guessing it's the genetics of the chickens? They might be production type hens and those guys are prone to reproductive issues, especially later in life (i.e. 3 yrs and older).

What breed are your chickens? I hope your hen survives and is okay. You're doing all you can.

 

[cyndalrash]

Quit the 7 grain scratch and the corn asap.
Feed only the laying pellets.

This does a good job at explaining why.
https://articles.extension.org/pages/69065/feeding-chickens-for-egg-production

THANK YOU SO MUCH! WILL TAKE AWAY IN THE MORNING!!

 

[micstrachan]

I would give her 400mg of calcium citrate with vitamin D if you have it asap to help her pass this egg. Are you certain she is egg bound?

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Hoping your sweet hen pulls through!

 

[cyndalrash]

I'm so sorry to hear about your hen! 3 hens in 2 years, I think you're lucky. It's horrible to lose them like that but it could be worse. Sounds like you feed them well, honestly. I'm guessing it's the genetics of the chickens? They might be production type hens and those guys are prone to reproductive issues, especially later in life (i.e. 3 yrs and older).

What breed are your chickens? I hope your hen survives and is okay. You're doing all you can.

THEY ARE 3 DIFFERENT KINDS. 1 is Rhode Island Red, another Australorp , and my other one was Sussex ...all such great hens. i am wondering if they are getting to much corn scratch? but the eggs are hard.

 

[cyndalrash]

Hoping your sweet hen pulls through!

thank you so much ...she is my baby! I call my girls and some come a running others want to be called here chicky chick! others know their names and come running. I spoil them. I love them so, Thank you!

 

[cyndalrash]

I would give her 400mg of calcium citrate with vitamin D if you have it asap to help her pass this egg. Are you certain she is egg bound?

pretty sure when i was cleaning her up the back was a mess/

 

[cyndalrash]

I do

pretty sure when i was cleaning her up the back was a mess/[/QU
I dont have that on hand?only human vitamins I have

 

[micstrachan]

Chickens are actually easy to give a pill to, but if you don’t know how, you can always crush it (or empty the contents of it’s a capsule) into a little cup, add a few drops of water or coilloidal Silver, and swipe it up with a tiny piece of bread. I administered meds to a chicken this way when handling her was stressing her out and I needed someone else to look after her when I went out of town.