- Dec 26, 2014
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Hi all, needing some advice on what do do about my hen. She is about 19 months old and recently ( for me today is Saturday and she started on Monday ) started straining like she was having contractions. At first I thought maybe she was constipated but after reading some forums and websites I thought she might be egg bound, so I did the warm bath and kept her in the bathroom with the lights of to stop the egg laying process to prevent more eggs from becoming stuck. I felt around and couldn't feel any signs of an egg ( She has always been a picky layer, only laying for about 2 weeks then stops for about the same time and this all started around her 'break time'). After a few hours and another bath my partner found some poo with worms in it, so I read more forums that said it possible for worms to cause pain so I went to the Vet and bought Baycox and started putting that in her water on Tuesday (3mls per Litre of fresh water) but she refused to drink that as I was told to put it in a metal bowl and not plastic she preferred to drink from the plastic ice cream container we use for her water. She has been eating OK, not as much as usual but still eating and her poop looks normal, a little bigger and less often but LOOKS normal. After a few days leaving her with the Baycox water and her not drinking it I started to feed it to her through a baby syringe and have been doing that for 2 days now about every 1 1/2 -2 hrs and giving her about 10-15 mls each time but she is still straining. She hasn't gotten any worse since it all started but isn't getting any better. She will get up and walk around for about 30mins but then goes back into her cage. She is free range and the only chicken we have. Since its been 6 days now and from what I've read if she was egg bound she would have died if she didn't pass the egg within 48 hrs.
Just wanting to know if there is anything else that could be wrong with her.
Oh and when she is out of the cage and walking around she will stamp her feet and fluff her feathers alot and puts hay on herself when in the cage, not sure if relevant or not lol
Just wanting to know if there is anything else that could be wrong with her.
Oh and when she is out of the cage and walking around she will stamp her feet and fluff her feathers alot and puts hay on herself when in the cage, not sure if relevant or not lol
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