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New Feature Article: Saving Egg-Bound Hen
New Feature Article: Saving Egg-Bound Hen
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
620 posts
May 28, 2006
6:44 AM
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Hey All, long time roller breeder Joe Testa has been generous to us and has offered his very useful and practical article on Saving An Egg-Bound Hen to be published on the site.
We formatted it for our website and invite you to bookmark it for future reference should you find yourself needing to play doctor! Thanks Joe!
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Last Edited by Tony Chavarria on May 28, 2006 6:47 AM
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Velo99
459 posts
May 28, 2006
1:48 PM
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tony,
It is odd that you posted this article now. It was Friday evening,I had noticed a hen that seemed to be having a hard time dropping. I had been watching her and knew it was about time. I waited til almost 8:00. Most of my hens drop right at 5:00. I went out and she still had not dropped the egg. When I got her in the house and prepped,the membrane was already punctured. I immediatley knew the egg was a day old and she had another right behind it. I got the syringe, punctured the egg and sucked out the goods. As I was pushing the egg toward the vent it slid right out fortunately. I put her back in the nest and checked on her periodically thru the night and next day. When I got home the next afternoon she had laid a broken,deformed egg. She sure did look much more relieved. In preperation my wife "soaked" her in the sink with warm water and rubbed some vaseline on the vent and exposed area of the egg. I do believe it allowed her vent to loosen up enough to slide the egg out. She is still swollen and sore looking but still kicking. I put some woodies under her for now. I breed to decide whether to breed her again or not.
I knew what to do from this site and articles like JT`s.
Personally I would just puncture the egg,evacuate it and be done. I am more concerned about the hen than the egg.
MTC
yits
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Velo99
483 posts
Jun 13, 2006
3:09 PM
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As a follow up. The hen that was egg bound laid successfully this time. It was her first time to breed last time. I let her rest for a ten days then pulled the woodies. They laid a week later.
My best Navarro hen lays #1 in 8 days every time.
The best advice is dont freak out. The hen is in distress so don`t make it worse. The hen will cooperate with you if you let her. Just soak her in warm water in the sink,rub a little vaseline on her cloaca and the end of the egg. Move the egg around a little to slick the end of it then push it thru. I was trying to crush the eggshell and it slid right thru.Too sweet.
yits
v99
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