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Update- Billie Joe has been entirely with the other chickens for a few days now. Her condition hasn't changed, but is still acting happy and content. The other chickens aren't picking on her hardly at all :)

Thank you for sharing this. If it's internally laid eggs or what your hen had(or if there is a difference), there's no way I can get the eggs out. This morning she acts the same. I'll have her out with the others this afternoon.

Thank you, I will keep all of that in mind. Tomorrow I'll see how she is and consider having her with the flock for part of the day.

I'd like to clarify, down in her abdomen it is harder to tell if they're eggs, but directly under her vent there is what feels like a very large, shelled egg

She is not in distress, and is eating and pooping normally. There is not an area with a lot of fluid that we can get to or even know of. Are chickens with internally laid eggs typically put down or left to live out their life? I want what's best for her and for her to be happy and with the...

She's not standing like a penguin, but her tail is flat and down with her legs splayed out a bit. For the baths, I have been used epsom salt each time. On hand I have powdered calcium carbonate with D3, would that be close enough to the tablets you recommended?

Here's some pictures:

Hello, I've got a 10 1/2 month old Andalusian looking hen, who feels very eggbound and full, named Billie Joe. We noticed last Sunday afternoon when we'd picked her up. She's been separate from the other chickens in dog crate with plenty of pine shavings, water, and food. Billie Joe circles and...

That's great! It's always good to be prepared.😊

We injected it into breast. To the side of the breast bone into the meaty area.

Brand I used is Durvet, penicillin G procaine. This kind is thick, and I used 22 gauge needle, and sometimes it still didn't want to Inject. I gave her about 0.5 ml a day. 5 days on, 5 days off. She was on the edge of being euthanized, then we went about 8 more days on penicillin, and then she...

Hello! A lot has happened since I last posted here. Her back toe fell off nicely without a problem. The same thing happened with her left toe. Yolko's far right toe it soon to come off at the middle joint. The toe in the center we had to help off, and has a scab from where the toe came off. The...

There used to be, but now it smells like the medicine we put on it. What do you think about the white area above the dead toes? Is there a chance that could heal? Thanks

The toes are dead, we are trying to decide if we can save part of the foot.

We tried to contact a couple different vets, but they never replied. We also can't get her to the vet because the hours are the times we are at work. The wraps have been on since mid September, but in the beginning we changed them every other day. Now we do it once or twice a day.when Yolko is...