My hen laid an egg the day before yesterday at around 6 pm. Its today, 10 pm and not another egg... could she be egg bound??

My hen laid an egg the day before yesterday at around 6 pm. Its today, 10 pm and not another egg... could she be egg bound??

 

My hen laid 6 fertile eggs for her first round. All were two days apart except for the 4th egg, which was laid 3 days after the last one. Sometimes there are pauses in between laying which are perfectly natural. Some first time layers might lay 3-4 days apart and only lay 3 eggs.

 

If the hen shows signs of distress eg panting, fluffing feathers, tail pumping or sitting on the floor of the cage, then she is likely egg bound or having other egg laying problems.

Well put Dean. I wouldn't be worried just yet Whoknew, just monitor the situation look for the signs of distress that dean mentioned. Hope all goes well

If your only reason for suspecting she is eggbound is just that she should have laid today and didn't, I'm sure it's fine. If you see other signs such as swelling around the vent, fluffing, panting, and her looking generally unwell, then that is much more of an indication that she may be eggbound

If your only reason for suspecting she is eggbound is just that she should have laid today and didn't, I'm sure it's fine. If you see other signs such as swelling around the vent, fluffing, panting, and her looking generally unwell, then that is much more of an indication that she may be eggbound

I agree with krosp

Thanks!

She laid her second egg yesterday. Phew! Im so excited! I was worried because she had kind odd squat and the vent feathers were fluffed and her bottom was looking a bit more swollen than normal.

But so far, so good!

Good news :cake:

Pleased :cake:

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I had a hen that laid consistanly every 4 days for her 1st round and they were all fertile but second round she improved laying every 2 to 3 days but she was a pain as I was always worried about her.