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Our favourite hen - and our best layer - suddenly became egg bound on Thursday evening. Her vent looked terrible, and she was bleeding. We suspected that she was egg bound, but weren't sure. We called the vet and he advised us that if she came to him he would need to operate, and she would probably die.
We washed her, separated her, and kept her warm. The next day she wasn't looking good, but then an egg without a shell semi-came out. We helped it out, and after that she looked loads better. We washed her vent, which was dirty again, but not bloody. A bit of the vent, possibly a tear, sort of pulses, but the rest looks fine now. Twice since all round her tail has been drippy and yellow - presumably with egg.
She is eating and drinking, and although clearly not very happy is strong and reasonably bright eyed.
Is there anything we can do to help her to get over this? She has been a super layer since she came onto lay in November. Her eggs have always been large with a good shell, and this came completely out of the blue. Her food hasn't changed in any way, and consists mainly of layers pellets, with some treats of corn or porridge or veg scraps most days (about a handful between 2 hens). She has (or had, before we separated her - just thought of that!) access to grit.
My husband has pointed out that we can't leave her in this condition indefinitely, and wanted to give her until Friday. I've begged for more time, and he's agreed but asked me to ask here for an indication of how much time we should give her. I badly want to give her every possible chance, I really love that hen!
We have 9 rescue hens who are thriving and healthy, with no problems at all, but our 3 pet pedigree hens are a different story. It's only a month or 2 since Speckle died for no apparent reason, leaving us with 2, and now I'm so worried that Ballery won't pull through. I really hope that someone can advise me.
We washed her, separated her, and kept her warm. The next day she wasn't looking good, but then an egg without a shell semi-came out. We helped it out, and after that she looked loads better. We washed her vent, which was dirty again, but not bloody. A bit of the vent, possibly a tear, sort of pulses, but the rest looks fine now. Twice since all round her tail has been drippy and yellow - presumably with egg.
She is eating and drinking, and although clearly not very happy is strong and reasonably bright eyed.
Is there anything we can do to help her to get over this? She has been a super layer since she came onto lay in November. Her eggs have always been large with a good shell, and this came completely out of the blue. Her food hasn't changed in any way, and consists mainly of layers pellets, with some treats of corn or porridge or veg scraps most days (about a handful between 2 hens). She has (or had, before we separated her - just thought of that!) access to grit.
My husband has pointed out that we can't leave her in this condition indefinitely, and wanted to give her until Friday. I've begged for more time, and he's agreed but asked me to ask here for an indication of how much time we should give her. I badly want to give her every possible chance, I really love that hen!
We have 9 rescue hens who are thriving and healthy, with no problems at all, but our 3 pet pedigree hens are a different story. It's only a month or 2 since Speckle died for no apparent reason, leaving us with 2, and now I'm so worried that Ballery won't pull through. I really hope that someone can advise me.
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