need some advise--egg bound ??

[old geezer]

you know---some times we read , and see , but somehow seem not to absorb whats in front of us .....

.... buttercup one of my wifes favorite hens--- a buff orpington about 9 months old , has been sitting on her nest for about 3 hours-

--she growled a tiny bit , but still let me pet her and didn't try pecking--

--if she is egg bound , what should i do---how long should i wait---what ?----i should have retained the info from all the posts---i'll know better next time---but for right now---what to do...

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[tammye]

sounds a little broody maybe? if not and she is egg bound a warm bath then lub up her vent with olive oil, repeat baths several times if necessary

 

[Miss Lydia]

sounds broody to me too, does she have an egg under her? one of my Brahmas went broody and didn't even have an egg under her yet, now she has 3 , see how she is in the morning, then take her out of the nest box and look at her vent if she is swollen and pulsating then you might have a problem. but I believe you have a broody. Congrats.

 

[old geezer]

..yeeeeees...i went to utube , they had some buff orps that were broody...buttercup is acting the exact same way , and with her tail up and spread and growling very litely--

...- she is broody and she does have 4 eggs from her coop-mates under her ,tomorrow i am going to build a broody coop and get a few fertlized eggs from some one local---i hope--- and let nature take it's course---it would be awsome for me to have baby chicks running arround---

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thanks all for the help---lou the old geezer

 

[Miss Lydia]

be sure to let us know when they hatch, and we love pictures too.

 

[old geezer]

...early this morning i went to let the girls out-----buttercup was off her nest--i went to check the egg box---she ran back and got back on the nest---she got sorta all puffed up , spread her tail and growled at me----i spread some of the birdseed & cracked corn treat mixture in the coop for her , i'll get some water for her in a few minutes--- when i left the coop--buffy her sister {inseparable

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[mcf3kids]

That is so cool - I love reading these posts and learning from them - egg bound or broody? A few weeks ago I wouldn't have even known what broody was! Good luck with her and the fertile eggs you find for her! Def. would love to see pictures when/if you are successful with her