Stiff Chicken?

[iwiw60]

Yes...

 

[sekeyslaks]

Can you feel the egg with a gloved finger inside the vent? Here is another link about birds that works with chickens: http://beautyofbirds.com/eggbinding.html

I didn't want to hurt her further so I haven't yet,but I can feel outside and it's a very large egg..

 

[Eggcessive]

Egg binding can kill a hen in 2 days. I would go ahead and feel inside the vent. Could this possibly be a prolapse? Do you have a picture? Here is a picture of a prolapsed vent:

Photo by Armorfirelady

 

[sekeyslaks]

Egg binding can kill a hen in 2 days. I would go ahead and feel inside the vent. Could this possibly be a prolapse? Do you have a picture? Here is a picture of a prolapsed vent:

Photo by Armorfirelady

my hen has been egg bound for three days now!!!but it doesn't look like a prolapse in fact it feels to me like the egg is starting to move down!I've been treating her but things got worse for her this morning the pecking order in my flock has changed and this morning I found that they have been bullying her,her head was attacked bloody so I have decided to keep her separate from the others to give her time to heal!the poor thing...I'm not sure if she will relax enough to get the egg down after this experience.but I'll keep giving her a bath to help the egg down.sorry I don't have a picture yet,she looks terrible!

 

[iwiw60]

How's she doing...any update??

 

[sekeyslaks]

How's she doing...any update??

She's hanging in there!The egg isn't out yet though.I'm going to give her another bath in the morning to loosen her up.I think it's helping a little!

 

[iwiw60]

She's hanging in there!The egg isn't out yet though.I'm going to give her another bath in the morning to loosen her up.I think it's helping a little!

Is the egg visible at her vent? Glad to hear she's holding her own....yes, more baths!! Let me know tomorrow how it's going!

 

[sekeyslaks]

Is the egg visible at her vent? Glad to hear she's holding her own....yes, more baths!! Let me know tomorrow how it's going!

No visibility yet!I'll let you know when I can,got horses feet to take care of today!But you will be glad to hear she was perkier this morning!

 

[iwiw60]

No visibility yet!I'll let you know when I can,got horses feet to take care of today!But you will be glad to hear she was perkier this morning!

How's it going today? Inquiring minds need to know these things!!

 

[sekeyslaks]

How's it going today? Inquiring minds need to know these things!!

Haha!Well she is still the same!I'm worried for her of course.but I guess this kind of thing really depends on the hen.I wonder If I'm mistaking her hard abdomen for something else?because here on BYC I heard that egg binding takes at least 3 days before the hen dies right?I'm starting to think maybe I'm mistaking egg binding with a hen that's not laying?