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The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Housing, Health & Hatching => Topic started by: DeWayne Edgin on May 19, 2013, 09:54:28 AM

Title: egg bound
Post by: DeWayne Edgin on May 19, 2013, 09:54:28 AM: I have a Silver LF hen that has a swollen butt. It is so big that she drags it around when she walks or in her case waddles. Is this an egg bound hen and if so what can i do to help her? My Silvers are small hens but they all lay huge eggs.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: greeneggsandham on May 19, 2013, 11:12:02 PM: Well, if she is egg bound, I have read that soaking them in warm water baths sometimes helps. Not sure how often you have to do it though.
I also don't know how you can know for sure if she is eggbound or maybe just laying internally. I have a hen that I believe lays internally. There was a point where she was dragging the ground but she was also laying some flat sided eggs. So, I took her out of the coop and out of the extra lighting and made sure she had the extra oyster shell she wanted. She would eat a pile of oystershell daily and it seemed to help. I read that their body will just absorb the extra yolks they lay. Idk. I thought maybe the extra lighting was making her produce more eggs than she had calcium for. She appears to be fine now.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: Mike Gilbert on May 20, 2013, 08:59:30 AM: Idk???
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: John on May 20, 2013, 10:48:41 AM: Quote
Idk???

Mike,
It's ironic that we didn't know what IDK stands for. I looked it up...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/IDK

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IDK
1.(Internet slang, text messaging) I don't know.

Now I can add it to my list of other three letter initialisms (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/initialism), like FYI, DIY, CIA, KGB and IGA ;D
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: Mike Gilbert on May 20, 2013, 11:30:03 AM: I guess when a person is retired, has the time, and knows how to spell they don't feel the need for it.
I was pretty sure IDK wasn't "It's Dirty Kumquats." But then I consider BBS to be just plain BS too, so it's probably just me. Eccentric, that is.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: jeeperspeepers-r4us on May 20, 2013, 11:56:36 AM: Look up" waterbelly in chickens ", if she feels like a balloon filled with water, you may need to drain it.
Lots of information about waterbelly & egg bound.
my Araucana with it died and I opened her up, she was filled with what looked like scrambled eggs. If I ever see it again I will cull. JMO.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: jeeperspeepers-r4us on May 21, 2013, 11:40:23 AM: I must have jinxed myself, came home to a prolapsed hen.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: HarryS on May 21, 2013, 12:00:51 PM: There is no cure that is permanent that I have found.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: jeeperspeepers-r4us on May 21, 2013, 08:56:36 PM: Quote
There is no cure that is permanent that I have found.

I don't think she will recover, however, she is DBF and he needs to decide her fate.
She is a beautifull rumpless, double tufted, white and lays a big blue egg.
hate to loose her
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: John on May 22, 2013, 09:28:20 AM: Quote
DBF
Divorced Black Female
That doesn't make sense to me, so please spell it out for those of us that have no clue what all the initials stand for.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: Birdcrazy on May 22, 2013, 10:37:51 AM: Dead Butt Fowl?
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: Mike Gilbert on May 22, 2013, 10:43:49 AM: I think it stands for dumb boy friend or maybe dear boy friend. This ain't twitter folks, there is plenty of room to spell things out.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: John on May 22, 2013, 11:07:47 AM: First I figured DB stood for dark brown, as in Leghorn, but gave up on that and checked Wikipedia and this is what I had to choose from...
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DBF may refer to:
dBASE filename extension
Detection By Fire
Divorced Black Female in personal ads
dBf — Decibel as referring to 1 femtowatt
dBF — Decibel as in "dB from Full"
Drude-Born-Federov form of constitutive equations
Distributed Bellman-Ford a Distance-vector routing protocol
Danmarks Badminton Forbund (Denmark's Badminton Union)
Diesel Boats Forever (Diesel Boats Forever)
Design/Build/Fly aircraft design competition
Oracle tablespace filename extension
Distributed feedback laser - a type of a laser

Gordon may be the winner with his guess ;D
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: greeneggsandham on May 22, 2013, 05:38:39 PM: Ok, I'll play. DBF. Double breasted female? But aren't they all? ;D
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: DeWayne Edgin on May 22, 2013, 05:39:06 PM: Thanks everyone for your help! I guess nature will take over from here. There was some pretty good stuff or (PGS) posted on here to.
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: jeeperspeepers-r4us on May 23, 2013, 05:03:05 PM: Opps!!! DBF = Dear boyfriend ;D
I laughed until I had tears
Ok, no more abbreviations
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: Sharon Yorks on May 24, 2013, 11:59:25 AM: Just a reminder so you Don't Be Forgetting that there is a show coming up in Canfield, OH in 2 weeks. If you haven't sent in your entry form, you may want to soon. They are Due By Friday, June 1st. Wait, I guess the 1st is on a Saturday. Oh well, it's good to get it in early and Decide Before Family members plan something else that weekend. Hope to see you there. ;)
Title: Re: egg bound
Post by: John on May 24, 2013, 07:24:15 PM: Quote
Lest we forget, my local club, the Coulee Region Poultry Club
Have a great time at the show Mike! Maybe we can make it again next year. Oh, and PLEASE don't do any lifting that could make your back worse...stick to the paper work and let others do the bull work this time. ;)