Re: red hen - egg bound?
From: w.g.s.hamm (_at_talktalk.net)
Date: 03/19/05
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:08:00 -0000
"teapot" <lisacole1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Red hen is still not laying. She looks great, bright red comb, nice
> glossy feathers and she sits in the coop but no eggs. I haven't wormed
> her yet (in the middle of kitchen reovations and no idea where the
> flubenvet is) but I have been oiling her legs and the leg mites are
> looking better. She is on layers pellets and has nice new grit too. I
> gave her some cod liver oil too.
>
> When I pick her up, if I feel her tummy there is a hard lump (sort of
> egg shaped) where my other hen (who is laying) does not have a hard
> lump. I looked up egg bound and it says that this sometimes happens to
> hens who are low on calcium as they need the shells to pass the eggs.
> She had thin shells last year so that fits.
>
> I'll try giving her a warm bath tomorrow but is there anything that I
> can do that does not involve messing around with her vent? I had a hen
> who prolapsed last year and I still have nightmares about rubber gloves
> and preparation H.
>
> These are my last 2 hens, no more after this, chickens are not for the
> squeamish in a city where vets don't treat farm animals.
>
> thanks in advance and sorry it's long
if she is eggbound you do ot have much time. An injection of calcium could
help save her life. If she is eggbound and doesn't pass the egg she will die
slowly of shock as she canot poo or wee and the toxins build up inside her,
slowly poisoning her from the inside. Where in Surrey are you as I have a
list of avian vets all over the country.
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