I have a young Easter Egger pullet who was tucking her tail under her and drooping her wings so I separated her thinking she is egg bound. I did warm soaks but in three days she has not laid an egg. I finally decided to feel inside and there is no egg stuck in her that I can feel.
I read that laying internally can cause the same symptoms but it is usually fatal. I am keeping her isolated until I get an egg from her and I can do more soaks and exams if necessary. She is eating and drinking fine and she does not act sick other than walking with the penguin stance. I have only had one hen ever get egg bound before and I was able to feel the egg right inside her vent so I don't think I need to go in any deeper than I did.
I think the light colored chicks are hers since she looks like she is out of my silver hen and both she and my rooster have blue genetics. If I can get an egg I know is hers I can hatch it with Orpingtons to know what color her egg and chicks are (I am pretty sure I know her egg but I can't match up chicks with eggs since they hatched out too close together).
I moved the Easter Eggers from a pen with the ducks where they were roosting in the dog's house instead of their own coop so now they are in a tractor coop in a different area instead. I think the move may have stressed them out and interferred with their laying since we were getting eggs for a few days after the move and then none. I know that the more confined area allows the rooster to jump the 4 hens easier and she has some rooster tracks on her back that she did not have before the move.
I let them out of the tractor coop to free range so they are not confined all day but certainly more than they were used to when they were roosting in the open dog house we were going to convert into a coop until we got out LGD and gave the shelter to her instead. I have had the hen in the house with our retired LGD and she has been with the new LGD outside where she is not bothered by her at all so the new dog does not seem to be stressing them, just the change in coops and yards plus a change in how much they free range (supervised).
I am hopeful that she is going to pass an egg and all will be well again but I also don't want to miss something if there is something else wrong instead. She is such a beautiful hen with beautiful chicks, as far as I can tell with two small test hatches so far, and now I am worried about her. Any ideas?
I read that laying internally can cause the same symptoms but it is usually fatal. I am keeping her isolated until I get an egg from her and I can do more soaks and exams if necessary. She is eating and drinking fine and she does not act sick other than walking with the penguin stance. I have only had one hen ever get egg bound before and I was able to feel the egg right inside her vent so I don't think I need to go in any deeper than I did.
I think the light colored chicks are hers since she looks like she is out of my silver hen and both she and my rooster have blue genetics. If I can get an egg I know is hers I can hatch it with Orpingtons to know what color her egg and chicks are (I am pretty sure I know her egg but I can't match up chicks with eggs since they hatched out too close together).
I moved the Easter Eggers from a pen with the ducks where they were roosting in the dog's house instead of their own coop so now they are in a tractor coop in a different area instead. I think the move may have stressed them out and interferred with their laying since we were getting eggs for a few days after the move and then none. I know that the more confined area allows the rooster to jump the 4 hens easier and she has some rooster tracks on her back that she did not have before the move.
I let them out of the tractor coop to free range so they are not confined all day but certainly more than they were used to when they were roosting in the open dog house we were going to convert into a coop until we got out LGD and gave the shelter to her instead. I have had the hen in the house with our retired LGD and she has been with the new LGD outside where she is not bothered by her at all so the new dog does not seem to be stressing them, just the change in coops and yards plus a change in how much they free range (supervised).
I am hopeful that she is going to pass an egg and all will be well again but I also don't want to miss something if there is something else wrong instead. She is such a beautiful hen with beautiful chicks, as far as I can tell with two small test hatches so far, and now I am worried about her. Any ideas?
