young hen egg bound

FantasyFeathers

Chirping
5 Years
Sep 7, 2014
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My blue lace is having a hard time. I put her in a cottage coop with a broody hen it get away from the roo and she is just not making progress. Looks like hard labor. Tight or swallow bottom with a little poo. Normal looking vent if a little small. She eat a little for me and I got her to drink some drips from the water. I have given her avian calcium on a watermelon and some calcium gluconate mixed with glycerin drizzled over layer crumbles. She ate a little and seemed to feel better. She strains and pushes breathing with her mouth. What else can I do?
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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So sorry about your hen. If you don't do something quick, it can kill her. Take a look at this article on egg binding. This will tell you all about it and how to treat it....https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/egg-binding-symptoms-treatment-and-prevention

Don't wait long, she can either die or prolapse.

You can also at the same time, post this question in our emergency section as well...https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

Good luck and I hope you can get her to pass that egg soon. Do not wait till tomorrow or she could pass on.
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! TwoCrows gave you some good suggestions and links, hope your hen is OK.
 
@TwoCrows gave you some great advice
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So sorry about your hen but giving her watermelon was a great idea ,,I was having that problem for a while but then I started putting ACV in the water every couple of weeks and I haven't had the problem in several years ......
 
@TwoCrows gave you some great advice :clap




So sorry about your hen but giving her watermelon was a great idea ,,I was having that problem for a while but then I started putting ACV in the water every couple of weeks and I haven't had the problem in several years ...... 

They love watermelon so I was hoping it would get her to eat the calcium. Looked like she did scrap a little of the top. And I don't want her dehydrated as it is sometimes 100f or more. I put the save a chick electrolyte packet in her water too. On.my way to feed store to look for injectable calcium if anyone else has any suggestions. I'm saving the manual removal for last resort as the stress on a low calcium bird of that kind if handling can put them over the edge.
 
Do you know for sure that she is egg bound? I gave my hen a 500 mg calcium tablet ground up in scrambled eggs. My chickens love eggs more than anything. Within 3 hours she passed a broken egg and a very compacted wad of shell. She was still very sick afterwards. I hand fed her each morning and evening to make sure she was getting enough nutrition to keep her energy up. I thought we would lose her, but a week later she started to perk up and go outside on her own. It took her a long time to start laying normally again. It has been about 3 months and I'd say she's just now getting back to normal. Fingers are crossed for your girl!
 
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