How can you tell if your chicken is egg bound? Claire hasn't laid in almost a week. She spends a lot of time in the nest box. More time actually than Alice, who just lays her egg, and goes on about her business. Poor thing, we couldn't find her last night to put her to bed. We finally found her in the nest box. My son swore he saw an egg come almost half way out of her, then go back in. Is that possible?
Then she let loose with the biggest load of diarrhea poop I've ever seen. If she is egg bound, what can you do? She is also prone to laying ostrich size eggs. Always very large ones, but 2 have been bigger than any chicken egg I've ever seen. The first one like that took her 2/12 days to lay. If she just wasn't laying for a while, I don't think she would be spending so much time in the nest box. Any advice much appreciated.
Oh and by the way, hi everybody again. My computer went blewy, and I had to get a new one, then my subscription expired, and was lazy getting around to renewing it. But nice to be here again.
Egg bound chicken
Could she be broody?
That's what I was thinking too, broody. If she is egg bound you might try putting some food grade oil in her vent to help it slide out since she is prone to laying monster eggs.
It's also possible that laying such large eggs, she has done damage to her insides. If she is egg bound I would use some vaseline and insert the small finger and see if you can feel the egg. It might be possible you could break the egg and gently remove any chards so that they don't do damage to her...Just my opinion...Hay
How about an eyedropper of olive oil , but how do I find which hole to insert it? How can you tell which is which?
The hole should be obvious. If she makes a fuss when you take her off the nest, she is probably just broody.
Thank you Hay, no one can lay eggs that big, without hurting herself. The last time I was in labor I invented an entire new language comprising entirely of swear words. I could conjugate verbs, make up adjectives, and adverbs, let alone nouns. After kicking the nurse, and biting my husband, I decided to share my new language with the entire hospital.
I hear you Elleisn. I'm a small boned woman (not short, just thin) and my kids were both over 9 pounds at birth. People can't believe I had babies that big, and at home to boot.
Ladies, I have always silently thank the Lord that I was not a woman...LOL. Elleisn it is so good to have you back. Your humor just makes my day. We surely missed you. Hay...Now I must take time to learn Elle's new dictionary of language...
Claire, who I always call my baby girl, finally laid a regular sized egg yesterday. My son had brought out the pet carrier, to take her to the vet. But since she laid an egg, unless she has them backed up there, It seems fine. Glad to be back. I have delivered a human baby, but I know where that plumbing is, but I was afraid to put my finger inside my chickens' butt. I just didn't want to hurt her. However it all came out in the end. So all is well. Thanks for all your advice. It's pretty hard not to love a chicken.