Can We Save Her? Egg Bound Chicken Or Not?

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[@shellythie6227]

I just LOVE how you're raising your kids!!!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you

[@carolsanborn5332]

Love how the girls sang "rockaby chicken" lullaby to her. It's so cool that they recognized that (since this was probably sung to them when they were not feeling well) this could be a soothing thing for the dear hen. You are a sweet family.

[@kristine778]

Isolation, warmth, special care - that sounds like a good care plan. Also, I watched a video recently of a woman who's hen was not feeling well, listless, not eating. She gave her a warm epsom salt bath, submerging her to the neck and very gently rinsed her with the epsom salt bath, bathing / rinsing her in the bath for like 5 (or 10?) minutes. Afterward, the hen began moving about, going into the sun and eating. She recommended this when they are not feeling well.

[@christynm.8933]

I SAW THAT SAME VIDEO! THIS METHOD IS USED BY REHABBER FRIEND ON HER CHICKENS. ❤️🐓

[@RichardSmith-ze3vx]

Eric you are the best! You and your children are so kind to your chickens! I hope your chicken will recover! Please post a video and let us know how it works out. God bless you and your family 🙏 ❤️! And all your KZbin subscribers and followers!!!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you!

[@thomasreto2997]

I appreciate the fact that your videos are not carefully choreographed in perfect harmony with music showing perfect outcomes etc….great idea doing a quarantine for a little while just in case. I hope the hen recovered.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. I try to keep it real but I actually get less views because of it. Many people are just looking for entertainment. The hen didn't make it.

[@winniecash1654]

​@@CountryLivingExperienceI'm sorry she didn't make it. 😢

[@christynm.8933]

😢 AWWW.POOR THING..SHE WAS SOOO SWEET! 😭❤️❤️❤️🐓

[@jandcschwartz]

I just had a similar one. I dewormed her, but saw no worms. I gave her antibiotics, sprayed for mites. Separated her. She did not want regular food and would only eat kitchen scraps and what she can forage. She is back with everyone and stands out of the crowd when they are eating.

[@laurarowland7926]

We have 1 now same symptoms..what antibiotics did you give the chicken??..

[@jandcschwartz]

@@laurarowland7926 We found out that she had a sour crop. Antibiotics was the wrong thing in that situation. Her crop was very extended and squishy. I could not save her. She needed surgery. I had another girl with a hard crop and we fed coconut oil for two days and broke it up.

[@judymiller323]

So sorry, Eric, could be chicken cancer? Valiant effort, loving family. Please post a follow- up ❤

[@jenniferemerson9796]

Hope she gets better soon.

[@ryanvarner2338]

Egg bound or not, I learned a few things and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge on the the rest of us.....thank you

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Cool. You're welcome.

[@katehopkinsbrent5573]

One of my hens had sour crop ... easier to mend but it is so saad watching them wonder why they feel like they do : ( Hope she gets better, she is very sweet

[@teenajtx]

If she is being picked on... That is stressful and can deplete her magnesium. Epsom Salts is a great idea! Magnesium sulfate. Also feed them some fresh green to replenish the Mg.

[@americanajooma4457]

We have one just like that. Very underweight and the runt. Just found her looking poorly and straining. She passed a shell-less egg and prob still has more but due to lack of food they are likely shell-less. Yours may be experiencing the same. We have sequestered ours in hopes she will put on weight, eat some calcium fortified food, and pass her backed up eggs. Good luck!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you

[@teenajtx]

🙏🙏❤️

[@jackshenhouse]

Egg bound hens have a VERY distinctive upright, penguin-like stance, and will strain to lay the egg every few seconds. As time goes on and they cannot, their eyes will close as they get weaker, but the penguin stance and straining will continue. Warmth, massage, the warm bath, etc. are all good, as is coating an index finger with olive oil and inserting it into the hen's cloaca, running your fingertip around what you can reach of the egg to get some lubrication up there. Don't be squeamish, time is of the essence! 😁

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Cool, thanks

[@christynm.8933]

THANKYOU for sharing that info..good to know if Im ever in that situation. That is why I love reading the comments..you can learn SO MUCH! ❤❤❤❤❤🐓

[@BrenReaume-df2wu]

Sorry to hear about your sick chicken it's always hard to know exactly what is going on with them. I had one similar but caught it quickly and did the ebson salt bath then gave her Poultry Nutri Drench in a syringe No needle. Gave little drops at a time and she started feeling better and started eating. To this day I don't know what was wrong but thankfully I didn't lose her. She's strong and beautiful. Many blessings to you and your family.

[@ThePrairieFairymb]

I had one egg bound and she looked awful. Lethargic, like she was dying. You could see she kept pushing. I put her in a warm bath with Epsom salts, took calcium magnesium pills crushed them and put them in a couple ounces of water and got her to drink that. I fed her little bits of food to keep her energy up then another couple ounces of water few hours later. Left her quiet in a dark room alone with a kennel over night. Checked her 5am seemed little better so more food (didn’t eat much) and calcium water and by 8am she was strutting around but no egg. I was confused but then boom she laid a weird egg and then by noon she laid another egg with a crappy thin shell that broke. She was fine though!

[@christynm.8933]

Aww.im so happy she was ok! This guy's poor sweet baby didn't make it,sadly.😢❤🐓

[@tobbiehaynes8380]

😢awe poor girl. Just make her comfortable. And give extra love,she may not make it through the night .I'm sorry. I recently lost a very sweet Rhode island red rooster I named Rodney .he was 5 years old,I loved him so much..😪

[@7hilladelphia]

I thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you 😊😊😊

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You’re welcome

[@AmberDenham-oh6yr]

Thank you for sharing. I know you said you get less views because of how real you are. People like me, are coming for exactly this. Because we have new homesteads and we are trying to learn from scratch basically. We need all the real stuff. Good. And definitely bad as well.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You’re welcome. Glad you are here.

[@mnj5089]

I don't think you can go wrong giving her some panacur which would treat worms and giardia with all the rains. Its also very gut soothing. Any stress will often cause a cascade of problems with parasites being the main culprit. Syringe some water with dextrose or molasses and I'll even soak pellets to a very thin gruel with molasses to try to get their energy up.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

We have some that I will give to her. We did make a slurry of food for her. She did eat some which was a good sign.

[@mnj5089]

@@CountryLivingExperience That is a good sign! I would try to get some into her every hour or so when they are this down. 🙏🙏🙏

[@winniecash1654]

I have panacur for large farm animals (horses). I'm trying to do the math on how much to give a chicken. Do you know how much to dose them with?

[@mnj5089]

@@winniecash1654 I stick with the 1ml per four pounds rule I use for dogs since it has a wide safety margin.

[@winniecash1654]

@@mnj5089 thank you! Do you give them one dose, then wait a week and another dose? Sorry for all the questions but I'm a new chicken mom and love my little flock. I also have ivermectin. Would this be used the same? Both are oral forms.

[@teresalenaandprincessthedo8566]

I’m so worried about my chicken Ashley i don’t know what to do🙏🐾🐣🌻

[@shelligonzalez8659]

Poor girl..I've had a couple do this last year. Showed all the signs of being egg bound, but nothing. Eventually, it went through the flock. Most got over it, but I lost 2 of the small ones. I tried corid, then someone recommended acidified copper sulfate. The wild doves were crazy in my run. I'm not sure...copper seemed to help drastically. I'm sorry she's not feeling well. They're so hard to diagnose.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

They are certainly hard to diagnose.

[@laurarowland7926]

Thankyou for the video..we have 1 die from eggboind suddenly and we have 1 now like the one you have..she's eating and moving but her underside is swollen and her backend looks nasty..we give her Epson salt baths and have to keep her separate..we love our Penny

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome. If her belly is swollen, she could have what is called water belly which is from bacteria in her gut.

[@laurarowland7926]

@@CountryLivingExperience thankyou..

[@sheliadean9548]

Thank you for sharing this information with us. Your girls are beautiful

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you

[@hugosmith7266]

Very cute video

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thanks

[@DAMOOSESQUADDJs]

Poor girl I had a chicken she got sick I had to separate her from the fold she has gained weight again

[@BooDamnHoo]

I just had to put down a hen i thought was egg bound. Her behavior was identical to egg bound behavior. Especially standing like a duck. I tried all the suggested methods to get her to pass an egg. I couldn't feel an egg anywhere by feeling here sides and abdomen, and couldn't feel one after i put a gloved finger in her vent. In the end i took her to a vet and they xrayed her. No egg but a lot of internal fluid buildup. They inserted a needle and removed about a quarter cup of fluid (not infection). Turned out she likely had some kind of organ failure, possibly due to cancer. I had to put her down.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Very interesting. Sorry you had to put her down.

[@teresalenaandprincessthedo8566]

I hope you saved her

[@CrashingJustice]

Wondering if you figured out what it was. I have my 3rd super skinny chicken. First two died. One had sour crop, the next went so quick, I never checked if it was egg bound. I can’t feel an egg with this one. They are all very young got the them last fall same breed. Very perplexing.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

We did. She had an impacted crop. We caught it too late.

[@roguestorm9834]

That's how mine acted with coccidiosis. I would treat her with Corid Asap.

[@forgiven1506]

Please can you update us on the Chicken's health, thank you.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

She died a few days after this video.

[@forgiven1506]

@@CountryLivingExperience I am sorry for your loss, and thank you for answering.

[@robinham2796]

Water belly? I’ve dealt with two lately with that! Swollen belly, no eating. I drained twice and amoxicillins.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Very interesting. I have never heard of that.

[@DistortedReality-ow9dy]

Will the egg come out quickly ? Can there be more than one egg ?

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Usually it is one egg. It depends on how well you can massage it out.

[@aestheticiantrishmccarty1317]

My daughter and I are curious how she's doing?

[@CountryLivingExperience]

She didn't make it.

[@aestheticiantrishmccarty1317]

@@CountryLivingExperience oh no!! I'm sorry 😞

[@NicholleChristineEdwards]

Ok- ok- between me and you and I know that now you and your family have like a solid wholesome base- but you as a Dad now NOT what you were a “young buck”. Mmm hmm. Coldplay.

[@Hootowls5]

Sounds like she's under a lot of stress. Being the runt.....

[@winniecash1654]

She looks like a Brahma. Poor baby.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

She was an Easter Egger

[@winniecash1654]

@@CountryLivingExperience she sure was beautiful. 🧡

[@dianemyers250]

I’ve never been able to save an egg bound chicken.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

That's unfortunate.

[@theurbanthirdhomestead]

Me neither. It devastates me each time. 😢

[@teenajtx]

Separate her for awhile!

[@acccardone7679]

If you have healthy chickens, but they feel that they don't have enough room, then they will start pecking at eachother and pulling feathers. This will rapidly escalate to them culling the weakest chickens from the herd until they feel that they have enough space, and have killed off all of the chickens that were seriously injured during the culling. From your descriptions of your chickens harassing and plucking eachother, it sounds like you have about 10% more chickens in your coop than your chickens feel is acceptable.

[@jerex112]

sorry about your chicken but your daughters are hilarious.