Don't worry if you don't have disposable gloves. Just wash your hands well with soap and water before and after.
Be gentle. Put a little dab of lubricant on your fingers before you do it. Don't jab. Go slow.
If you don't have "lubricant" use olive oil.
If you feel what you think is an egg here's a list of things to do.
Get a tums or Roland's tablet and crack it into smaller pieces and see if you can get her to eat it.
The hit of calcium to her system can help strengthen and coordinate her contracting muscles to help her push.
Then get a few bath towels and take the chicken to the kitchen. fill the sink with nice very warm water. If you have any Epsom salts in the house please put a good handful in the water.
Gently put her in the sink of very warm water making sure the water is up to and covering her entire tummy and bottom. She might squall at first but she'll calm down in a few minutes and relax.
You want to keep her in there for a good fifteen minutes or so.
Sometimes just the soaking will relax them enough to pass the egg.
Dry her well with a towel and if your house is cold, use a blow dryer to dry her off.
Again after washing your hands, (this is after the soak) apply some more lubricant gently, all around inside her vent.
A space heater near the cage you're keeping her in might come in handy here.
If you don't think she's been eating cook her a scrambled egg. You can even smoosh up the egg shell and scramble it right in. It's quicker than making a hard boiled egg.
Chop it into little bits and put it on a paper plate and see if she'll eat it.
If she's not drinking and you're afraid to use a syringe try some fruit both for the moisture and the natural sugar for energy.
Plain Applesauce,
A few Grapes cut into little bits,
Watermelon... you get the idea.
Edited for clarity and atrocious spelling errors.
Be gentle. Put a little dab of lubricant on your fingers before you do it. Don't jab. Go slow.
If you don't have "lubricant" use olive oil.
If you feel what you think is an egg here's a list of things to do.
Get a tums or Roland's tablet and crack it into smaller pieces and see if you can get her to eat it.
The hit of calcium to her system can help strengthen and coordinate her contracting muscles to help her push.
Then get a few bath towels and take the chicken to the kitchen. fill the sink with nice very warm water. If you have any Epsom salts in the house please put a good handful in the water.
Gently put her in the sink of very warm water making sure the water is up to and covering her entire tummy and bottom. She might squall at first but she'll calm down in a few minutes and relax.
You want to keep her in there for a good fifteen minutes or so.
Sometimes just the soaking will relax them enough to pass the egg.
Dry her well with a towel and if your house is cold, use a blow dryer to dry her off.
Again after washing your hands, (this is after the soak) apply some more lubricant gently, all around inside her vent.
A space heater near the cage you're keeping her in might come in handy here.
If you don't think she's been eating cook her a scrambled egg. You can even smoosh up the egg shell and scramble it right in. It's quicker than making a hard boiled egg.
Chop it into little bits and put it on a paper plate and see if she'll eat it.
If she's not drinking and you're afraid to use a syringe try some fruit both for the moisture and the natural sugar for energy.
Plain Applesauce,
A few Grapes cut into little bits,
Watermelon... you get the idea.
Edited for clarity and atrocious spelling errors.
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