Hi everyone,
Yesterday I went to feed my chickens and one hen didn't come out. She was in her coop and sitting there as if she wants to lay. I came and checked on her an hour later and she's still there. In the morning when all the chickens came out, she came out with them, but she is a bit lethargic. She doesn't eat food but goes to the water bowl and has a drink.
I saw her later she had walked off and is standing by herself as if she is unwell. I am thinking maybe she is egg bound. I gave her a warm bath. Then I felt in her vent with a latex glove and I couldn't feel an egg, but I can't be sure that I felt far enough. I did put a bit of mineral oil in there anyways. Then I dried her off and put her in a tub with food and water.
She immediately drank a good amount of water. Right now is alternating between standing there and sort of sleeping, and she wakes up after a bit and drinks water sometimes. She is flexing her vent and has pooped a bit.
One thing I did notice is when I picked her up, the under belly is hard-ish, and I heard something like a wheezing sound like gas escaping when I'm massaging her underbelly. So maybe she has gas or maybe she is egg bound. I'm having trouble diagnosing it.
Link is below of short video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hz9omA_ekwzY1P1RjTL2VlKrRVxHp04C/view?usp=share_link
Yesterday I went to feed my chickens and one hen didn't come out. She was in her coop and sitting there as if she wants to lay. I came and checked on her an hour later and she's still there. In the morning when all the chickens came out, she came out with them, but she is a bit lethargic. She doesn't eat food but goes to the water bowl and has a drink.
I saw her later she had walked off and is standing by herself as if she is unwell. I am thinking maybe she is egg bound. I gave her a warm bath. Then I felt in her vent with a latex glove and I couldn't feel an egg, but I can't be sure that I felt far enough. I did put a bit of mineral oil in there anyways. Then I dried her off and put her in a tub with food and water.
She immediately drank a good amount of water. Right now is alternating between standing there and sort of sleeping, and she wakes up after a bit and drinks water sometimes. She is flexing her vent and has pooped a bit.
One thing I did notice is when I picked her up, the under belly is hard-ish, and I heard something like a wheezing sound like gas escaping when I'm massaging her underbelly. So maybe she has gas or maybe she is egg bound. I'm having trouble diagnosing it.
Link is below of short video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hz9omA_ekwzY1P1RjTL2VlKrRVxHp04C/view?usp=share_link
