ChickInnMama
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- Feb 21, 2022
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Good Evening, I’m hoping that some people are still up and on the thread, it’s 10:30 pm where I live. I have a hen that is either egg bound or has water belly. I originally thought for sure it was Egg Bound because she’s laid some massive eggs this week and then a “shell-less” egg where it was just soft and didn’t have an actual shell. Yesterday she laid another larger egg and today nothing. But I’ve caught her in the nesting box earlier today and then tonight when I went to lock them up she was back in the nesting box and panting. I felt her abdomen and it was super full feeling, no hard though. I gave her a 20 mins epsom salt bath and then we put her in the bathroom in a crate with towels and a heating pad on one side. Her comb and wattle are still bright red but her comb is turning blue on the tip and it’s cold… her comb does turn blue ish occasionally anyway because she has a huge comb. Now I’m wondering if she has water belly? I don’t feel any eggs in there, but with the eggs she’s been laying this week I thought for sure that was the problem. Her vent keeps puckering like she’s trying to lay an egg or go to the bathroom. She had diarrhea all down her butt, I cleaned that up right away and she’s gone twice since her bath but just little tiny bits. Any thoughts? I ordered 18 gauge needles to be delivered overnight so I can try to drain it if it’s water belly. For now, we’re going to bed, I’ve done all I can for her tonight and I’m praying she makes it until the morning. Oh, I also rubbed a little olive oil in her vent area to lubricate it because I didn’t have any lubricant. I’ll attach some pictures of the eggs she’s laid this week. They have access to grit and food; water at all times. I just realized that they are out of the oyster shell though 
I’ll have to get some tomorrow. They are on New Country Organics no soy or corn feed and they have a large outside fenced in area in addition to the coop and run. Thanks so much for any insight.
*I thought I had taken a picture of her super large eggs, I used them today because I was curious if they were double yokes because they were so huge. They weren’t double yoke but they were twice the size pretty much as normal. The egg I attached a picture of was smaller than the other two but still quite a bit bigger than her normal.
I’ll have to get some tomorrow. They are on New Country Organics no soy or corn feed and they have a large outside fenced in area in addition to the coop and run. Thanks so much for any insight.*I thought I had taken a picture of her super large eggs, I used them today because I was curious if they were double yokes because they were so huge. They weren’t double yoke but they were twice the size pretty much as normal. The egg I attached a picture of was smaller than the other two but still quite a bit bigger than her normal.
I put some tums in her water just based on what I read on other posts, but this seems a little different than what anyone else has posted? I’m going to go to the store to get some calcium pills to give her now and I gave her another epsom salt bath this morning for 20 mins, she was panting but I’m hoping I just had the water too warm (I did take some out and add cold water to make it cooler once I realized she was panting)
