Egg Bound

[symbro]

so i walked into my loft and saw a bird who was droopy and doesnt want to fly.

 

picked her up and feels like she has an egg that she wants to lay.

 

Anything i can do to help her?

 

i seem to remember something about a warm water soak... but i couldnt find any threads on this.

[Merlin]

Read somewhere to hold it over steaming kettle ( not hot ) and rub some oil around the vent area.

p.s How old is this hen ?

[Tony C]

This happened to a hen of mine some years back and I was told to pop a couple of cod liver oil tablets down her throat then every half hour or so hold her rear end down in hot water, whilst doing this massage her cloaca region with an anti bacterial soap. I done this 3-4 times placing her in a basket in a warm room between working on her. She passed the eggs (the second was there also but that was bound abnormally) and although weak came through it ok. One thing you mustn’t do is put her back in the loft to quick as her mate will want to drive her again, she'll need a couple of weeks of rest.

I hope this works for you.

[Guest tomo68]

Just checked my 2 young birds this morning and found this on one of the young, its by the bum and is solid and yellow in colour the bird is still feeding ok and drinking and seems full of life the only thing it does do is it keeps lifting its tail up i just dont know what this could be (sorry about the picture quality)

[Guest]

give it a squeeze it should come out.

[Guest tomo68]

what do you think it could be.

[OLDYELLOW]

unformed egg could take its womb out with it

[OLDYELLOW]

give it a syringe of cod liver oil or vegetable oil get a hot water bottle wrap a towel rond it then wrap a damp tea towel around the bird so it cant move then place on top of hot waterbotle the heat and oil should help things along and hopefully the womb wont come out

[Guest tomo68]

hi squeezed it all thats coming out except for 1 little bit of pooh is blood and puss its still hard and the lump hasnt really gone down.

[THE FIFER]

fill a bowl with boiling water and hold the birds bottom over the steam , this is what we used to do with the chickens when they were egg bound,

[Guest tomo68]

its only a few months old

[Tom Avis]

Steady on, with all this squeezing, steaming oiling etc, it's not a great picture but could this be anal canker?

 

 

Regards

Tom

[Guest tomo68]

thats what im trying to find out will have to try and take a better picture

[sammy]

what do you think it could be.

 

POSSIBLY BOWEL CANKER

[Guest shadow]

theres only one solution for that bird it will never make anything

[Jeremy]

Is it loose or Growing around the Anus? Is it hard or soft and is it pooing ?

[Guest]

had one similar a few years ago

swollen back end looked eggbound

died within a few days another fancier opend her up

and found a huge hard yellow mass

informed me he thought it was a cancer

wear gloves if you handle her.

[widowhooder]

whats best if hen is eggbound

[NW USA]

I read somewhere recently vaseline on your little finger, be sure to cut the nail.

[widowhooder]

lola got big hands lol

[NW USA]

lola got big hands lol

 

Lucky hen eh! braggers!

[Tony C]

Submerge her rear end in hot water and massage around the vent for about 10 minutes then pop a cod liver oil capsule down her throat. Place her in a basket and leave in a warm place. Repeat this every 2 hours or so, hopefully this will do the trick.

[Guest TIMBARRA LOFTS]

Submerge her rear end in hot water and massage around the vent for about 10 minutes then pop a cod liver oil capsule down her throat. Place her in a basket and leave in a warm place. Repeat this every 2 hours or so, hopefully this will do the trick.

 

 

is this not what is meant by poached egg !!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Submerge the hen is haot water (make sure it is not too hot) Massage warm olive oil into the vent trying to get some inside taking time to ensre the mascle gets time to relax and then keep in a warm dry place. Good call from Tony re the codliver oil capsule and if you have some calcium liquid this will be a huge help also. Repeat the hot water and olive oil after a couple of hours and keep in a warm place. Dont try to force the egg it could lead to great sometimes fatal problems.

A common cause of egg-binding is calcium deficency. Cod liver oil on the food for a couple of weeks along with plenty grit or a calcium supplement will usually help avoid this problem.

 

Paul.

[Delboy]

Syringe a little, warmed, codliver oil up its jacksy.