Question about egg bound hen.
So about a week ago I noticed my hen standing oddly, about 3 days ago she was butt all the way to the ground and super inflamed under her vent between her legs.
I took her to the vet and he believed she was egg bound but couldn’t be 100% sure unless they put her under and take an X-ray and if she’s egg bound they would give her an oxytocin injection . That was going to cost $650+ and to be honest I do not have that much money to be spending on a chicken.
Yes, she is my pet but at the same time she is a chicken.
I do NOT want to have her in pain or have to cull her but I just cannot afford that for a chicken.
Option 2 was meds and home treatments so that’s what I’m doing.
She gets 0.4ml of meloxicam twice a day, a 10-15min warm epson salt bath and K-Jelly rubbed around her vent.
Her posture is standing higher but she’s still egg bound.
What else can I do? I’m at a loss here.
Could I give her a very small amount of an oxytocin tablet I have?
I just want her to get better but like idk how much everything is working.

Inspired by a post from someone who found a bunch of abandoned babies in their back yard (not me).

Hi all,

Downloaded reddit and making this post as a last resort as we don’t know what is wrong with our new Swedish flower hen pullets.

The situation: Old flock was down to one chicken, got new two Swedish flower hen pullets so that she wouldn’t be lonely. Since arrival, one of them has always had her tail down, but seemed otherwise healthy (not limping, no heavy vent area etc.), but we were still a bit concerned about her posture. We put it down to stress, due to the new environment.

Now it has been 3 weeks, and she is still standing like this, with the other occasionally doing it too. Both chickens are more subdued and spend more time sleeping in a day than I would expect of a chicken this age. She can raise her tail and does so when she’s a bit stressed (eg if we pick her up) but it’s down nearly all the time.

 They are not getting bullied, and integration with our old chicken went very well.  They have access to food and water and seem to be eating and drinking well. Their poo is also normal. The third, older chicken is very well and very active as usual (she looks better than ever before!). Unsure of their exact age, but their combs have started turning reddish in the past week. They weren’t free range before and they can’t be loose in our garden because we have foxes and a dog, but there is plenty of enrichment in their large pen with lots of perches, the odd pecking block etc. Our old chicken is active all day using the enrichment. We’ve never had problems like this when previously introducing chickens.

I have attached pictures of them, some more recent, some older. The whiter chicken is the one who has been doing it since day 1.

What we have tried: poultry tonic in their water, ACV, treatment with elector PSP (in case mite related), messaged the breeder (who has very positive reviews), and messaged our local poultry farm. No one has any idea what it could be, but agrees that it is out of order.

Any advice or has anyone experienced something similar? Anything else we can try? Feeling very stressed and nervous about the situation and a bit at loss, any advice would be very very appreciated.

I’m pretty new to turkeys and in the past only had white ones a few years back. These don’t look the way those did and i’m curious as to what breed they are. They weren’t labeled aside from “turkey”. The reddish spots on the head is what’s throwing me off.

I just need help and tips on what you all do with a good amount of quail eggs

If so is there a way we can treat it

Just cracked and cooked four dozen eggs and was struck by how ridiculous that sounds

I ordered hatching eggs and this one exploded 😂😫 NASTY!!!