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[Biker Betty]

Hello all

 

I have a chicken whom I sure has an enormous egg stuck. She normally lays huge eggs - i.e. one almost the size of a goose egg a while ago!

 

Well she suddenly stopped a couple of weeks ago and at first I didn't think too much of it as my girls are not terribly reliable layers (ex batts) but when I examined her, I can feel an egg in the lower part of her abdomen.

 

Its in a funny place between the base of her breast bone and the vent so my first question is, is that possible? I don't know enough about chicken anatomy really and am surprised to find that the internet is a poor resource for finding this out.

 

I have thought about it being a tumour or something else but it is perfectly egg-shaped and you can almost move it around a bit. A friend who is an ex-chicken keeper double checked for me and he thinks it's an egg too.

 

I have tried a few treatments of liquid parafin with no joy - it is a hard shell so I'm not sure extra calcium is doing much good either.

 

Any suggestions?

 

By the way, she is showing no signs of feeling ill whatsoever - none of the normal egg bound chicken symptoms (I've had experience of these before - with her actually). For the moment, whilst she appears to be in no pain or discomfort, I am just letting nature take its course but I just thought somebody may be able to suggest something?

[Egluntyne]

Article **here** about egg binding.

 

I'd give her a soluble calcium supplement first to help strenghten the contractions which move the egg along.

[Biker Betty]

Thanks Egluntyne - that's a very helpful article.

 

Bx

[legend21]

Betty has she passed the egg yet?

[Biker Betty]

No but its does seem to be inching very slowly closer to the vent. I reckon it'll just take a few more days. She seem absolutely fine for the timebeing though.

 

Thanks for your interest in her!