Not sure what to do with injured chicken.

[sdm99w]

I have a New Hampshire Red that is about 7-8 months old, she is a free range chicken that goes in at night. She has been laying for about 2 months, Saturday after she laided, I noticed that on her butt the inside was out and it was bleeding a little. So we isolated her for the night because our other chickens were pecking at it, by the time night fell it went back inside so we put a sugardine solution on it the open scratch. By the morning she was fine, well so we thought, On Sunday it took her 3 hours to lay her egg and it was enormous, but after that she seemed fine. Now on Monday she has not laided and her hind side is protruding out again, if anyone can tell me what this is please let me know. I want to help her, but I would like to try home remedies first, really can not afford a vet right now.

Please help with my question.

Thanks
Stephanie

 

[Chickengal505]

My gal was kindda like that sounds like she may be egg bound... try rubbing vaseline around the vent to grease it up so when she does lay it will just slip out...OH wait give her a warm bath to relax her muscles and help get her clean for isolation. Isolate her from the others make shure to watch in case she has a blow out and when/if she has one cull.... And a heating pad to relax her...ummmmm oh mine she layed a teny tiny egg and the next day it was HUGE and she's fine now... Praying for you.

 

[gameboygal12]

sound's like she's egg bound... here's what you need to do:

a hen that's truly egg bound will die if she doesn't pass the egg. don't stick things like syringes full of oil up her vent; you're likely to hurt her and cause infection. trying to break the egg inside her and extract the pieces isn't usually effective ether.; it's likely to result in infection and death.

moist heat is considered the safest remedy for egg binding. put the hen in a cage with a wire floor. place a large, flat pan of steaming water beneath the cage. keep the water warm under her, but don't keep it so hot that the steam burns her. provide somme overhead heat from a heat lamp, and enclose the whole cage with a blanket or plastic to keep the moist heat in. make sure it doesn't get too hot, however. a thermometer can be used to keep the heat between 90 and 102 degrees fahrenheit. water should be available at all times for the hen to drink.

the hen shoould pass the egg in a couple hours with this treatment. if you see an egg, she should have perked up and will be ready to be removed from the cage. if she continues to act droopy and ill, give her a few more hours of treatment. she will die unless she passes the egg. usually within 48 hours. there's not much more you can safely do to help her.