When hens get egg bound (that means
an eggs has become stuck going through her system) they will begin to waddle
and also they will tilt so that they walk more like a penguin than a hen. In
the past I had tried to save them by bathing them in Epsom salts but I never
saved a single one. Then I had a year or two where my hens were doing well and
didn’t have the problem but now I have had 6 or 7 hens die one after another
due to this egg bound problem.
I got on the computer again to
see if there was anything new that might make a difference and I found a video
where the lady bathed the hen for several days but in conjunction with that she
gave the hen crushed calcium pills on the food. Suddenly I realized that my
hens were lacking calcium so John went out to buy oyster shells (something that
I used to have on hand but hadn’t been using in recent years). I have one little
Penguina who is being kept apart while I nurse her with the new formula. She is
really quite adorable, she peeps all the time as though she is trying to tell
me what her situation is. She is pretty docile and doesn’t fight with me so I
am feeling hopeful that maybe, just maybe, this time I may save a dear little
Henrietta!
I will keep you posted.
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