- Nov 21, 2012
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My Lavender Ameriquana (sp?) has been eggbound for a while now. I know that sounds improbable, but it's the truth. Yesterday she was in such distress, I took her into the bathroom, found some lube, and you know the rest... *shudder*
The problem is, that while I can totally feel the egg from inside and out, I can not find the egg. Inside her, there seems to be a membrane of skin covering the egg at every point, so I can't touch the bare egg, or help to guide it out. I was wondering if it's possible that somehow the skin has grown around it all the way? Is this something that can happen? Locking the egg from it's "exit" hole/area? I cracked it on accident. It has a very hard shell, and didn't break, but I know that this is probably the beginning of the end for poor Roxy. I'm afraid of damaging her insides. Afraid of breaking the egg further... I'm thinking about going in one last time after studying the reproductive system again, but I swear, I think there is skin enclosing the egg entirely.
Has anybody had experience with this weird situation?
Also, when she first started laying, it went fine. She had one full "set" of eggs, then nothing for months. I feel like she's been eggbound all this time, but I've read that a hen will die pretty quickly from this, so the whole thing is strange. I'm really wondering how this egg can stay hidden inside her...
The problem is, that while I can totally feel the egg from inside and out, I can not find the egg. Inside her, there seems to be a membrane of skin covering the egg at every point, so I can't touch the bare egg, or help to guide it out. I was wondering if it's possible that somehow the skin has grown around it all the way? Is this something that can happen? Locking the egg from it's "exit" hole/area? I cracked it on accident. It has a very hard shell, and didn't break, but I know that this is probably the beginning of the end for poor Roxy. I'm afraid of damaging her insides. Afraid of breaking the egg further... I'm thinking about going in one last time after studying the reproductive system again, but I swear, I think there is skin enclosing the egg entirely.
Has anybody had experience with this weird situation?
Also, when she first started laying, it went fine. She had one full "set" of eggs, then nothing for months. I feel like she's been eggbound all this time, but I've read that a hen will die pretty quickly from this, so the whole thing is strange. I'm really wondering how this egg can stay hidden inside her...
