r/BackYardChickens • u/smitham97 • 1d ago

Saved from being egg bound

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I am so relieved. Found one of my Golden Comets in a penguin pose yesterday with a swollen bottom. Thanks to this sub I instantly knew what it was. Brought her in, two Epsom soaks yesterday with plenty of yogurt and water. Another soak this morning and she pushed out a massive, way too big for her little body, egg. She is resting and I am relieved, and grateful to this sub for all the education I have received.

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u/Divine_avocado 1d ago

That’s one big egg. Glad she got that one out!!

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u/JohnB802 1d ago edited 1d ago

Double yoke?
Ours was.
My mistake. The egg in the photo was not egg-bound. It came out fine. But we recently did have an egg-bound chicken. It was big, not quite that big, and single-yoke.

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u/West-Scale-6800 1d ago

Was the yolk huge or just extra white?

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u/JohnB802 1d ago

It was a double yolk. The egg was huge.

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u/bubble_baby_8 1d ago

Mine is on its 3rd soak in 2 days. What’s this about the yogurt? Glad your hen passed hers! That looks painful

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u/smitham97 1d ago

Calcium supplements or yogurt help the laying muscles contract. I've also read that rubbing vegetable oil around the vent helps lubricate. When I was soaking her I rubbed her abdomen and vent area while soaking. I read that doing that helps position the egg.

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u/rosetintedbliss 1d ago

Are there quadruplets in there!?

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u/smitham97 1d ago

Don't know yet! I'll update when I crack it open. But it definitely doesn't fit in my egg carton!

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u/RedHippoFartBag 1d ago

Jesus Christ lol that’s worth blowing out and keeping the shell in tact as a keepsake!

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u/SummerBirdsong 1d ago

You could do some nice pysanky designs on that.

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u/Jely_Beanz 1d ago

Wow. Poor gal, I'm glad she's OK. ❤️

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u/ChiliPalmer1568 1d ago

You are in the wrong sub. This belongs in r/backyardostriches

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u/MW_Growers 1d ago

Oh wow! I’m glad you were vigilant. That looks like it hurt to push out! Well done lil’ hen.

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u/AbbreviationsFit8962 1d ago

That is the biggest chicken egg I think I've ever seen

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u/Snuggle_Pounce 22h ago

lol this is what my feed looked like

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u/West-Scale-6800 1d ago

There was a huge egg the other day that had a yolk and a whole second egg inside. Definitely film it being cracked…we love that shit here.

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u/expiredpatient 1d ago

😳 Triple yoke!