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Poor Angelica.
I noticed her acting a little lethargic last Saturday, but by Monday it was clear something was wrong. She had her tail tucked down, walked funny, waggled her tail a lot, spend her whole day laying in the coop instead of free-ranging with the flock and wouldn't (couldn't?) get up on the roost at night. Classic egg-bound symptoms right?
So, Monday I gave her 2 warm epsom baths (2 hours apart), brought her inside and put her in a safe warm/dark place, gave her scrambled eggs and water. She ate none of them and didn't drink any water all night.
The next morning, I thought maybe she was stressed by being separated from the flock, so I put her out near the water and she drank a TON and then had the biggest, messiest liquid and white poop I've ever seen (it didn't smell bad - sorry, no photos). Then she went into the coop (not the nest box) and laid there all day with her tail feathers raised and her vent pulsing- no eating or drinking that I observed. She stayed on the floor of the coop all night with her head in a corner.
This morning, she was in the same place and her comb had lost some color, so in spite of REALLY not wanting to, I put ky jelly into her vent (about 1.5 inches). I didn't feel an egg, but when I removed my finger, about 2 tablespoons of what looked like egg yolk and whites came spilling out of her.
After, I gave her some more scrambled eggs and water and she ate and drank a tiny bit. It's now been 2 hours since the ky jelly incident and she is resting on a nest pad in a box next to the most technicolored poop I've ever seen, but still no egg.
What else? Her vent looks normal - not red, not swollen - just is constantly pulsing. She does have a little poopy butt. Oh, and her crop is not enlarged. There haven't been any stressers in her life - no heat wave, no new hens. And the rest of the flock is healthy (though 3 of them are molting).
Am I missing something? Is there anything else I can do for this poor hen??
Thanks everyone!
I noticed her acting a little lethargic last Saturday, but by Monday it was clear something was wrong. She had her tail tucked down, walked funny, waggled her tail a lot, spend her whole day laying in the coop instead of free-ranging with the flock and wouldn't (couldn't?) get up on the roost at night. Classic egg-bound symptoms right?
So, Monday I gave her 2 warm epsom baths (2 hours apart), brought her inside and put her in a safe warm/dark place, gave her scrambled eggs and water. She ate none of them and didn't drink any water all night.
The next morning, I thought maybe she was stressed by being separated from the flock, so I put her out near the water and she drank a TON and then had the biggest, messiest liquid and white poop I've ever seen (it didn't smell bad - sorry, no photos). Then she went into the coop (not the nest box) and laid there all day with her tail feathers raised and her vent pulsing- no eating or drinking that I observed. She stayed on the floor of the coop all night with her head in a corner.
This morning, she was in the same place and her comb had lost some color, so in spite of REALLY not wanting to, I put ky jelly into her vent (about 1.5 inches). I didn't feel an egg, but when I removed my finger, about 2 tablespoons of what looked like egg yolk and whites came spilling out of her.
After, I gave her some more scrambled eggs and water and she ate and drank a tiny bit. It's now been 2 hours since the ky jelly incident and she is resting on a nest pad in a box next to the most technicolored poop I've ever seen, but still no egg.
What else? Her vent looks normal - not red, not swollen - just is constantly pulsing. She does have a little poopy butt. Oh, and her crop is not enlarged. There haven't been any stressers in her life - no heat wave, no new hens. And the rest of the flock is healthy (though 3 of them are molting).
Am I missing something? Is there anything else I can do for this poor hen??
Thanks everyone!
