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No problem, I'm glad all my endless hours on BYC have been good for something, lol.
I lost a hen (eggbound) a few days ago. Before I figured out what was wrong I was convinced they had worms, mites, respiratory disease, etc. So I've done lots of research the last week and still have it fresh in my mind.
I'm so sorry. I've read that a hen being eggbound is very common
I thought everyone was exaggerating about everything that could go wrong with chickens. Mine were perfectly fine all last fall when I first got them to late this spring. Then I got a hen who had sour crop, has became an internal layer but doing great, another with bumblefoot that I can't find the stuff to take out of her foot so is being a pain to treat, scaly leg mites, chicken lice, etc.
I think the warm weather brings out all the creepy crawlies and bacteria and stuff. So I've decided now on to worm all new chickens with wazine, and everyone else with safeguard once a year at least, monthly sevin dust during warm months, and apple cider vinegar in their water. The hen that was eggbound laid huge xx large eggs everyday, so it doesn't suprise me she got eggbound. Everyone else lays big but not huge eggs, so hopefully I don't have to deal with that again.
No problem, I'm glad all my endless hours on BYC have been good for something, lol.
I lost a hen (eggbound) a few days ago. Before I figured out what was wrong I was convinced they had worms, mites, respiratory disease, etc. So I've done lots of research the last week and still have it fresh in my mind.
I thought everyone was exaggerating about everything that could go wrong with chickens. Mine were perfectly fine all last fall when I first got them to late this spring. Then I got a hen who had sour crop, has became an internal layer but doing great, another with bumblefoot that I can't find the stuff to take out of her foot so is being a pain to treat, scaly leg mites, chicken lice, etc.