Mincepies Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Hello - I've joined Omlet today in the hope someone can advise me what to do if a hen becomes eggbound. One of my four ISA Browns, Betty, sadly died this morning after appearing unwell for a couple of days and I feel terrible for not doing more for her. I've since looked up her symptoms on the net and it sounds as if she was eggbound. Advice varies from culling to trying to ease the egg out manually. If this ever happens again with the other girls, I'd gladly give them a hand to get the egg out if it helps - has anyone experienced this and can you advise on the best way to do it? This is the first chicken I've lost and they are my pets so I feel very sad about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Hello Mincepies and welcome to the forum. Sorry your first post is such a sad one. Details about egg bound hens can be found **here** Warm regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mincepies Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thank you, that's really useful. I had brought her indoors for a while but put her back in the coop for the night; obviously now I wish I'd kept her in the house At least now I'll know what to do in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 hi welcome to omlet im so sorry to hear of your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
