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[jbear]

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I don't know if anyone has helped you here yet Teresa~but what I have done in the past, and I have had several egg bound hens is bring them inside.. use a dog crate or something... Put her in the sink with warm water so she is sitting in it, let her sit in it for a long time too... I usually keep adding warm water. The warm water, the warm house should help her relax. KY is good around the cloaca since you have it. I have also used Olive Oil in a pinch. It sounds like you are doing everything correctly, it may just take some time. If you go to my blog and read about "Cee Cee's Ordeal"... you will see how egg bound a hen can be. She actually had a soft shell egg that had started to adhere to her oviduct and was stopping the whole process. it actually took a pinky to rotate the regular egg, and in the process that loosened the soft shell.... it was pretty dramatic. Lots of warm water + KY mixed with it enemas.

 

[broodytood]

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Welcome to the Wa thread!

Be prepared to chat at light speed!

 

[broodytood]

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Experience is usually a great teacher!!!

 

[jbear]

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Have a nice day! I'm off to see the principal before I go to work.

good luck

yes, good luck, hope it's a productive visit.....

 

[T Hi]

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I don't know if anyone has helped you here yet Teresa~but what I have done in the past, and I have had several egg bound hens is bring them inside.. use a dog crate or something... Put her in the sink with warm water so she is sitting in it, let her sit in it for a long time too... I usually keep adding warm water. The warm water, the warm house should help her relax. KY is good around the cloaca since you have it. I have also used Olive Oil in a pinch. It sounds like you are doing everything correctly, it may just take some time. If you go to my blog and read about "Cee Cee's Ordeal"... you will see how egg bound a hen can be. She actually had a soft shell egg that had started to adhere to her oviduct and was stopping the whole process. it actually took a pinky to rotate the regular egg, and in the process that loosened the soft shell.... it was pretty dramatic. Lots of warm water + KY mixed with it enemas.

Ok Ok Ok already!!! I have the perfect solution!! Give her this junk that I am drinking for this colonoscopy and TRUST me... it will clean anything out!!!

I can honestly say that I am DEFINITELY not egg bound anymore!!!!

I came on this thread today to get my mind off of this exact subject but you guys put it in a whole new perspective!!!!

I am quacking myself up!!!

 

[broodytood]

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I don't know if anyone has helped you here yet Teresa~but what I have done in the past, and I have had several egg bound hens is bring them inside.. use a dog crate or something... Put her in the sink with warm water so she is sitting in it, let her sit in it for a long time too... I usually keep adding warm water. The warm water, the warm house should help her relax. KY is good around the cloaca since you have it. I have also used Olive Oil in a pinch. It sounds like you are doing everything correctly, it may just take some time. If you go to my blog and read about "Cee Cee's Ordeal"... you will see how egg bound a hen can be. She actually had a soft shell egg that had started to adhere to her oviduct and was stopping the whole process. it actually took a pinky to rotate the regular egg, and in the process that loosened the soft shell.... it was pretty dramatic. Lots of warm water + KY mixed with it enemas.

Ok Ok Ok already!!! I have the perfect solution!! Give her this junk that I am drinking for this colonoscopy and TRUST me... it will clean anything out!!!

I can honestly say that I am DEFINITELY not egg bound anymore!!!!

I came on this thread today to get my mind off of this exact subject but you guys put it in a whole new perspective!!!! I am quacking myself up!!!

My FIL had to have one and he ended up losing almost 30lbs! Kind of scary to think about what is stored up in there!

 

[cheryl98117]

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Experience is usually a great teacher!!!

I let her get a piece!

I was able to eat and clear my sinuses in piece. I asked her if it was hot, she said no, then she finished chewing and biy open a peper seed. lol "Owie mamma! Hot mouth!" So I gave her some milk. lol

So yes I agree, experoence IS a great teacher!

 

[RedReiner]

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I don't know if anyone has helped you here yet Teresa~but what I have done in the past, and I have had several egg bound hens is bring them inside.. use a dog crate or something... Put her in the sink with warm water so she is sitting in it, let her sit in it for a long time too... I usually keep adding warm water. The warm water, the warm house should help her relax. KY is good around the cloaca since you have it. I have also used Olive Oil in a pinch. It sounds like you are doing everything correctly, it may just take some time. If you go to my blog and read about "Cee Cee's Ordeal"... you will see how egg bound a hen can be. She actually had a soft shell egg that had started to adhere to her oviduct and was stopping the whole process. it actually took a pinky to rotate the regular egg, and in the process that loosened the soft shell.... it was pretty dramatic. Lots of warm water + KY mixed with it enemas.

Ok Ok Ok already!!! I have the perfect solution!! Give her this junk that I am drinking for this colonoscopy and TRUST me... it will clean anything out!!!

I can honestly say that I am DEFINITELY not egg bound anymore!!!!

I came on this thread today to get my mind off of this exact subject but you guys put it in a whole new perspective!!!!

I am quacking myself up!!!

prep sucks!!!! its the drinking of that nasty tasting stuff that got me. the rest is usual for a crohns person. i hate pineapple and of course that happens to be the only flavor they had...man I gagged.....

 

[ultasol]

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LOL! I know what you mean...trying to find females,.. but as a seller I'm sure you've seen the other side too... people wanting only females and no males. I get it all the time with silkies- people wanting 2, 3, 4, or more silkie pullets but NO males. I finally started charging almost the same amount for pairs as I do pullets (in pet and breeder quality birds) as I get sick of butchering and get sick of eating chicken, chicken, chicken! That, and butchering bantams is no fun... almost the same amount of work and not as much meat. That and I have a hard time getting my hands inside the cavity to pull the guts out, but I'm not as fast at deboning as I'd like. It takes me a bit to get the breast meat off.

I have ended up giving several cockerels away to 4-h kids who were showing birds that weren't as nice as the sale birds I had to choose from. Benefits me in two ways a) warm and fuzzy from happy kid with a stock upgrade b) find a good home for a cockerel.

I'm a seller too but also a buyer and I totally understand wanting only females from both sides. Males are a dime a dozen. I occasionally will be looking for a replacement breeding roo but really, how many roos does one person need? Certainly not in the same numbers as the females. Males are surplus. I either give them away to people who process or auction. It's their fate. We can always hope they'll be worth something to somebody but the chances are slim. It's only what the market will bear which ain't much. Ha, can't imagine processing a Bantam. It does hardly seem worth it.

Oh, I know,.. but then I have to price to pay for the food etc for all the males until they are sexable (which in silkies can be significant amount of time). It does effect the price. For instance, I was selling some sexed 5-7 week old welsummer chicks that were extras and had them priced as pairs. Had someone wanting only girls, so I said I would knock a couple dollars off the pair price, but that's all I can do. The reason? If they took two females I would have two males that I would either have to cull at a size when they couldn't be processed, or put more feed into until they could be processed. I **HATE** to cull a bird that I can't eat because it feels like such a waste- a waste of a life. I can cull if I am going to eat it, it makes me feel like the life had some meaning.

I know, twisted logic, but still- I could never be one of the breeders that breaks necks of healthy birds and throws the birds in the garbage or the burn pile. Sick birds, well, that's another matter entirely.

 

[ultasol]

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Yes,.. too hard for shears.

Unlike a duck, not easy to breast out either as no tail to stand on to give leverage while you pull. It takes me awhile to dissect off the breast, easy peasy to remove the thighs though. Wings easy to remove too, but not worthwhile for the meat- but make a good raw chew treat for the yorkies. Helps keep up their pearly whites.