egg bound

  1. Pennys Mama

    Jumbo Coturnix Hen Vent Prolapse

    I should know exactly what's wrong & what to do, but maybe 2nd opinions to reassure me. Noticed my hen in the nest acting like she was laying an egg.... I don't know if she laid today already or not bc there are several hens in her pen... Anyways, up on further inspection I see her backside has...
  2. Dparish032

    Sick Hen..egg bound? Something else? What can I do?

    My hen has a swollen abdomen. It’s warm to the touch and feels kind of hard. I’ve checked to see if I can feel an egg but I can’t. I’ve also soaked her in warm water. She’s been like this for almost a week now. What can I do for her??
  3. Z

    Chicken Salpingectomy:help!

    Hi all! My sweet hen has been having recurring problems with laying eggs and our vet recommended that she get a Salpingectomy(chicken hysterectomy). Unfortunately I don’t have the money($3500) to get this surgery for her right now:( I am posting on here because I wonder if maybe someone has had...
  4. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Bullying, Egg-Eating, and Depression?

    Poor Darla our EE is having a rough go of it. She's a new layer, can't figure out how to use the boxes, is getting her eggs eaten, and now is the target of bullying. She's also seemed to have gotten depressed, or worse, is under the weather. Original thread is here...
  5. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Egg Bound After 1st Egg?

    Hello, Last night we took a few of our girls to a pen in the basement to give them a reprieve from the heat. Early the next morning, we found that one of them, our EE "Darla," had laid her first egg. It was small but strong and normal-looking (we know it was hers because the other two lay brown...
  6. E

    Egg bound?!? What is this???

    She has been acting lethargic and waddling around, I thought she might be egg bound. I just don’t know what’s wrong. Here’s some pictures of what comes out when I was checking her. Warning Gross Why does it seem like there are three different openings, I treated a hen with a prolapsed vent...
  7. JuliaWesterbeek

    Collapsed Vent? HELP

    I am worried about my (Olive Egger) hen, of around 25 weeks old. She has not yet started laying but I think she may have a collapsed vent. Today, I noticed that she was trying to poop, but nothing came out. Then I saw something pinky (almost like an intestine) come out and then pop back in a...
  8. Aussie-Chookmum

    Crushed egg in nesting box today after hen not laying for several months. Should I be worried?

    I have 4 hens. Two are 3.5 years old (Leghorn and Rhode Island Red) and two are just 20 weeks. Both the older hens moulted late last year/early this year and went off the lay. The leghorn started laying again about a month ago and the Rhode Island Red started squatting and checking out nest...
  9. NBwriter

    Lethargic RIR, won't eat, stands hunched, no visible eggbound

    One of my Rhode Island Reds (4yo) isn't well — she is squatting and lethargic and won't leave the coop for the run, won't eat or drink. It's been 2 days. I suspected she's egg bound, and brought her in for a warm water bath, and have her crated in the house. She's standing up like a turkey...
  10. L

    Swollen abdomen, not egg bound, lethargic

    My 1 1/2 year old barred rock became suddenly ill today. Lethargic, unable to walk or stand for a period, possible fever and with abdomen distended. While I was running the warm water to treat for egg bound, I placed her in the nest where she passed an egg. Her crop was also watery, squishy and...
  11. O

    Could my hen be egg bound?

    We have one hen who's a bit older than all the other hens. She's our only Ameraucana chicken, so we can tell when she's laying, and we figure she's pretty much done laying since it's been over a month since she's laid an egg (which was very small in size) and she rarely lays at all anymore...
  12. Njonesy34

    Laying broken egg getting stuck in vent

    My leghorn is 7 months old and was laying great initially then she stopped randomly after switching her to layers feed. I have always had oyster shells available to my flock. She is eating and drinking but last week and again today I have had to gently pull out a broken egg out of her vent. She...
  13. T

    Egg bound chicken - can the vent close over?

    I have six 2 year old white leghorns. Last month we have had a few issues with what we believe is vent prolapse in one, then infections in a couple others. I have been applying monistat to all to clean up any infections. A week ago, one of the girls was bleeding from her vent, so I cleaned...
  14. Fairywoodducks

    Duck pooped egg yolk out

    So I've attached a few photos of what appears to egg white and yolk. No shells. I have 3 girls that could be the culprits but I cant figure put which on because they are all acting 100% normal. They all laid eggs this morning with very hard shells. They have plenty of calcium in their diet, no...
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  15. Cynthia707

    Older hen laying phantom eggs

    Hi all, My sweet, smart 7-year old alpha hen Lady Sybil (Ameraucana) seems to have started laying phantom eggs. She laid her final/lash egg about a month ago, and now she goes into the nest, sits for an hour, then comes out singing the egg song...except there’s no egg. I thank her and she...
  16. K

    Chicken has Scabby and bulging back side - ascitis?

    Hi everyone, my chicken, Red is about 4-5 years old and she is eating and drinking fine, but she has a bulging and scabby back side/abdomen. I'm extremely concerned because we have missed this and I think this has been occurring for awhile given the size. Is this ascitis and do I need to drain...
  17. debinhollister

    Egg broke inside older hen

    Last night I found that egg has broken inside hen. Her cloaca is not very distended so i had to wait until she was straining to enter. I used a curved hemostat. After about 2 hours of removing I couldnt feel anymore inside with tip of instrument I stopped to give us both a rest and observe...
  18. J

    Aftercare for egg bound hen that's not eating or drinking after 4 eggs removed!

    Hello Everyone! I'm hoping for some suggestions from those more experienced than myself. Yesterday afternoon I noticed one of my Ameraucana's was separate from the flock, had droppings along her backside, and her bottom looked like it was protruding. I put her in a dog kennel and brought her...
  19. UrbanHomesteadMama

    Soft Eggs, then middle of the night eggs and now hard and stuck

    Hi All, my cream legbar has had all sorts of egg problems. She began laying and everything was normal for about a month then the quality of the eggs declined. Most were soft or semi soft breaking when I took them out of the box. She then started having them get stuck. She had two soft eggs get...
  20. Emerald Rife

    My mallard duck is egg bound,

    And I can't seem to help her. Our mallard duck has been egg bound for about 3 days now! She has been bound before and I fixed (or so I thought) the problem. She went a month without getting bound a second time. She's been eating the same food that she's always eaten, when she can that is. She...
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