- Feb 8, 2012
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Can someone please help,
October last year I had a sick chicken she was egg bound, I tryed the warm bath and other home remidies but she was still ill so we went to the vets and she had an injection of antibiotics followed by oral medications.
A month later another one of my chickens had the same symptoms, fluffed up, very weak, trying to push out an egg with no success. so another vet visit it was.(both chickens made a full recovery)
I have noticed soft shell eggs over the passed couple of months so I have introduced natural yoghurt every morning. and shell grit which they dont like!!!!!
There diets include golden yolk pellets, fresh greens everyday lettuce and silverbeet, corn, bread and even meal worms to spoil them.
So yesterday I found another one of my chickens fluffed up on the bottom of her house, so I used vasline and a glove to see if she was egg bound and she was, soft egg shell I think but broke inside her.
worried all night but she has returned to eating this morning and looks happy again.
So can someone please help me what am I doing wrong???? why have 3 out of my 4 hens become sick with the same symtoms.
With the other 2 vet visits, vet said that they were under weight, not sure how when they have allot of food??
Any advice on what to do would be very appreciated Jeza
October last year I had a sick chicken she was egg bound, I tryed the warm bath and other home remidies but she was still ill so we went to the vets and she had an injection of antibiotics followed by oral medications.
A month later another one of my chickens had the same symptoms, fluffed up, very weak, trying to push out an egg with no success. so another vet visit it was.(both chickens made a full recovery)
I have noticed soft shell eggs over the passed couple of months so I have introduced natural yoghurt every morning. and shell grit which they dont like!!!!!
There diets include golden yolk pellets, fresh greens everyday lettuce and silverbeet, corn, bread and even meal worms to spoil them.
So yesterday I found another one of my chickens fluffed up on the bottom of her house, so I used vasline and a glove to see if she was egg bound and she was, soft egg shell I think but broke inside her.
worried all night but she has returned to eating this morning and looks happy again.
So can someone please help me what am I doing wrong???? why have 3 out of my 4 hens become sick with the same symtoms.
With the other 2 vet visits, vet said that they were under weight, not sure how when they have allot of food??
Any advice on what to do would be very appreciated Jeza
