please help my bird may be sick

**orcalover** · 05-27-2006, 04:38 PM

i really don't know if my bird is ill or is trying to lay an egg i have had her for 5 years and this is the first time that she would have layed an egg and i don't have a male i don't really know if that matters but i thought that is was just a large thick dung and my mom says that she thinks it is an egg and i have no idea what to do

**orcalover** · 05-27-2006, 04:51 PM

this is my first time on this site please i really need help

**shihtzulover850** · 05-27-2006, 04:52 PM

you might ought to take her to the vet. There are a lot of bird lovers around pt who know quite a bit about them. Argranade is one who knows a lot about birds. She has some. You should pm her (private message) Do you know how?

**orcalover** · 05-27-2006, 04:53 PM

thanks

**Bonny** · 05-28-2006, 10:04 AM

Your hen will have large poops before she lays an egg. The poops will stay large & smelly during the egg laying process & even as your hen sits on her eggs. When your hen lays the egg don't take the egg away. She can lay up to 4-5 eggs & they will lay an egg every other day. Your hen may sit on her infertile eggs up to a good 21 days. When she gets bored with them & starts perching then take them away. Keep us updated on your hen is doing.

**Argranade** · 05-29-2006, 08:45 AM

Yep thats right they shall have very large poops lol when my runt female wants to lay some eggs just before laying she poops HUGE smelly ones.

Oh ya if you dont want the eggs to go bad since there infertile and have no babys you can Boil the eggs and put them back so they dont go bad and make shur its very silent when she lays these eggs cause it can cause them stress if there noise when trying to lay.

**orcalover** · 06-01-2006, 06:53 PM

well she died im very sad the egg got stuck and all the vets were closed and by the time we got her to the vet they said it would hurt her to much to try and take the egg out so they put her down

**Bonny** · 06-01-2006, 09:32 PM

Orcalover, I am so sorry to hear your hen was egg bound & they had to put her to sleep. When they do become egg bound there is not much a person can do but find an avian vet asap. I keep my hen flighted & she just laid another 5 eggs. It will make 20 eggs now since the end of January for her. When they are flighted they use some of those muscles to help them push the eggs out. She will sit on these eggs & maybe lay at least another clutch before she goes into her August molt. The molt is the only thing that stops her egg laying until January. I will have had her 7 years in August & we go through this egg laying every 6 months then the molt & then six months of no egg laying.

**Argranade** · 06-02-2006, 08:37 PM

Omgosh Im so sorry your bird has passed

you did and asked what you could and It was just time for your bird to go.

Im so sorry but dont give up there always more birds who shall need help and aniamls its what I learned I have seen so many deaths with birds that iv learned just to move on but I never forget a bird I loose there always in a speacail spot in my heart.

**jujuboy** · 06-19-2006, 07:48 AM

all that good advice that was giving you much needed info and hope concerning your hen

....major hugs for you orca......you do your best to be vigil and to give the right kind of care and it's so disheartening when they pass away...there are many who empathise with you...take care..Jujuboy