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In the Brooder
hi all, i would appreciate any advice i can get. previously, i wasn’t too worried about this situation, but as a couple days have gone by, i’ve done some web searches that alarm me.
so, the bird in question is khaki campbell (high laying) between 2-3 years old, closer to 3. she has generally been laying 5 eggs a week for the last few months (she stopped during the heat of californias summer, and resumed laying in the autumn of last year, hasn’t stopped since.) it has been 5 total days since she has laid. i hadn’t been too worried until yesterday, when i noticed that she has pronounced belly sag & has been pumping her tail. she seemed a little tired as well. i gave some rooster booster with some treats in water, some rb in the pen overnight too.
she has been relieving her self normally, still getting around & acting near normal. but since today is the 5th day, i want to ask for help before things become truly dire for her. what can i do to help her pass the egg? does this sound like an egg binding situation? i thought that since she was still relieving herself she couldn’t be, but i’m a novice at this still and may have misremembered. also she hates being touched, wasn’t socialised with people until she was grown, so i’ve never even picked her up. i can definitely try giving her a warm bath and massaging her though, for worms she will do a lot.. i have a short video of her from yesterday evening i will link here:
i’ll be out with her in the dawn in the next hour, i’ll update before i go back to bed.
thank you kindly.
so, the bird in question is khaki campbell (high laying) between 2-3 years old, closer to 3. she has generally been laying 5 eggs a week for the last few months (she stopped during the heat of californias summer, and resumed laying in the autumn of last year, hasn’t stopped since.) it has been 5 total days since she has laid. i hadn’t been too worried until yesterday, when i noticed that she has pronounced belly sag & has been pumping her tail. she seemed a little tired as well. i gave some rooster booster with some treats in water, some rb in the pen overnight too.
she has been relieving her self normally, still getting around & acting near normal. but since today is the 5th day, i want to ask for help before things become truly dire for her. what can i do to help her pass the egg? does this sound like an egg binding situation? i thought that since she was still relieving herself she couldn’t be, but i’m a novice at this still and may have misremembered. also she hates being touched, wasn’t socialised with people until she was grown, so i’ve never even picked her up. i can definitely try giving her a warm bath and massaging her though, for worms she will do a lot.. i have a short video of her from yesterday evening i will link here:
i’ll be out with her in the dawn in the next hour, i’ll update before i go back to bed.
thank you kindly.
