So proud! I "fixed" my hen

[baucomgop]

My Hen that hasnt been laying over the last week has laid an egg! I feel so much better now. After being adviswed that this could be a problem if she collects yolks in her abdomen, I decided to give her a good examination. I noticed that she had accumulated a nice sized lump of rock hard poop under her vent. With my husband holding her I cleaned this off. After seeing it, I was sure that this was either blocking her vent or making it painful to sit and lay. She laid a beautiful egg the very next morning!

So thought I'd update and thanks to everyone who posted their thoughts.


Louisa
in Annapolis MD

 

[buildingmyark]

That's wonderful! So glad you fixed her up!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Wow! I'll bet she feels better now.

 

[eggseroneous]

Good job!!

 

[pgpoultry]

Well done.

It just shows that examining the bird and providing 'first aid' can be all that is needed.

sandie

 

[3chimama]

Thats good news. Welcome to BYC.

 

[mmaddie's mom]

GREAT!

Wish all solutions could be so simple.

and...

 

[dsqard]

Great job figuring out the problem and getting it taken care of! I am actually a lot less reluctant to do my own "doctoring" on my animals since I have had my horses. I do all of the vaccinations on them and most of the small stuff. I have been reading up on a lot of the "emergency" threads and have been amazed at some of the things people have been able to do on/for a sick chicken. There are a ton of people out there willing to give good advice and help!

 

[iluvsedward]

maybe when she felt like she needed to lay and sat down the 'lump' felt like an egg, and so she thought she layed it

 

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Hummm. I'm wondering if that something like that is going on w/ mine. Was the egg you got the next day normal? I have been missing one egg a day, and I thought one was hiding a stash somewhere, but after searching and searching, to no avail., I gave up. But then yesterday I got my normal 8 eggs, but one of them was shaped oddly, so I figured that she was almost egg-bound and then got unstuck. But I don't know which chicken does what, so... I need to get those bands and put on their legs by different colors, that may help. Anyway, I am wondering if I'll get my 8 eggs today

jennifer