What a relief! For you and her. What she expelled looks like regular droppings, to me. When a hen goes broody, they will hold their droppings to prevent contaminating the nest. When she does get off the nest, once or twice a day, she will drop big ones like that. She got constipated for some reason. The good news is you've been wanting more chicks and now you have a hen to provide that for you😀 FYI and for future reference, whenever you have a chicken go off food, always check their crop. Crop should be empty if they aren't eating. Full crop means impacted crop, which will doom a chicken after 48hrs. Happy Easter, again!
What I found odd was the white portion unfolded and was like a slimy egg shell. I have never seen that before. Regardless she needed to get that out. As soon as I build the big coop I am going to let her hatch some for us. I hear that's one of the few ways to successfully introduce new chickens to the others. Also why do you think she was shaking, panting and couldn't hardly hold her head up the day before? She sure looked in distress to me. Thanks!
@@TKCL Oh she definitely was in distress. I can't say for sure what caused the problem but I feel like her brain signals got crossed and whatever triggers a hen to go broody caused her to retain her manure and the egg that was partially developing stopped developing because hen's won't lay anymore eggs once they are triggered to "sit". It does not take long for a chicken to go downhill once they stop eating/drinking. Shaking and panting was her reaction to the discomfort and possibly becoming toxic from withholding and reabsorbing the feces. The clucking she was doing when you picked her up was how mother hens call their chicks. She definitely broody. Keep an eye to make sure she goes potty normally if you haven't returned her to the coop yet. Much easier to introduce chicks that come from existing hen but there where still be a lot of picking on the little ones as that seems to be chickens nature. Silkies may not be so aggressive, hopefully. Hope you had a great time with family.
@@TKCL No you don't until you are ready for it. A couple things you can try. When you let them out in the morning, close off the nesting area during the day. All have to lay eggs in the run area. Or you could put her in a cage for a few days with only food/water. If she goes back to the nesting box when you put her with the others, return her to the cage for a few more days until she breaks the cycle. Some have even said to put a cold or frozen water bottle under her where she is trying to nest but, yikes. Hope this helps.
Another option is to rub olive oil...do NOT use baby oil...it must be something edible...around her vent. This worked very well with a cockatiel that was egg-bound.
I had a Buff Orp that did this exact thing. She’d lay a “shell-less” egg probably 4 times a year. The baths really help. You saved that little one. Nice work!
Wow, that's amazing! I raised guinea fowl and chickens for years and I've never heard of this salt bath. Learned something new. Thanks for another great video and have a Blessed Easter!
We have had that happen twice to the same bird...once she recovered she acted diffrent and went broody...gave her eggs see is an awesome setting hen ...actually the only one we have that will set on any egg we introduce to her.
@@TKCL wow really exactly what this one has done. Sweet hen until you go to rob the eggs under her. We just let her sit she has kept us in supply of chickens plus we have hatched a couple ducks under her too
Andrew, my vet give me the ok to give my German shepherd some Gatorade every day during the hot summer months. We usually have a pint/quarter of Gatorade mix from working all day. I just put it in his water bowl. Happy Easter Sunday
Hi, Andrew! You just saved a life. Way to go!!
Chicken Dr. Andrew in the house. Well done
"so God made a farmer". Good work.
We’re about to chickens so that was very helpful Andrew. 🐥 👍💞
Wow! So glad she made such a quick recovery.
Us too!
Jim from Ohio 🇺🇸
This was very interesting…
Thanks 😀
Thank you for watching
I'm glad she's doing better
Me too
I just showed this video to my neighbor he's very happy he say thanks he has six chickens you're doing a great job keep it up
Thank you for watching
Pedialyte is a very good replacement for Gatorade/Powerade as well. All of the electrolytes without the extra sugars.
Good point
Happy Easter😊
Happy Easter!
Good video. Good information. Thanks.
Thank you for watching
What a relief! For you and her. What she expelled looks like regular droppings, to me. When a hen goes broody, they will hold their droppings to prevent contaminating the nest. When she does get off the nest, once or twice a day, she will drop big ones like that. She got constipated for some reason. The good news is you've been wanting more chicks and now you have a hen to provide that for you😀
FYI and for future reference, whenever you have a chicken go off food, always check their crop. Crop should be empty if they aren't eating. Full crop means impacted crop, which will doom a chicken after 48hrs.
Happy Easter, again!
What I found odd was the white portion unfolded and was like a slimy egg shell. I have never seen that before. Regardless she needed to get that out. As soon as I build the big coop I am going to let her hatch some for us. I hear that's one of the few ways to successfully introduce new chickens to the others. Also why do you think she was shaking, panting and couldn't hardly hold her head up the day before? She sure looked in distress to me. Thanks!
@@TKCL Oh she definitely was in distress. I can't say for sure what caused the problem but I feel like her brain signals got crossed and whatever triggers a hen to go broody caused her to retain her manure and the egg that was partially developing stopped developing because hen's won't lay anymore eggs once they are triggered to "sit". It does not take long for a chicken to go downhill once they stop eating/drinking. Shaking and panting was her reaction to the discomfort and possibly becoming toxic from withholding and reabsorbing the feces.
The clucking she was doing when you picked her up was how mother hens call their chicks. She definitely broody. Keep an eye to make sure she goes potty normally if you haven't returned her to the coop yet.
Much easier to introduce chicks that come from existing hen but there where still be a lot of picking on the little ones as that seems to be chickens nature. Silkies may not be so aggressive, hopefully.
Hope you had a great time with family.
@@bakednoodle2732 how do I get her back to laying now that she is triggered to sit? Do I need to let her hatch an egg? Thanks
@@TKCL No you don't until you are ready for it. A couple things you can try. When you let them out in the morning, close off the nesting area during the day. All have to lay eggs in the run area. Or you could put her in a cage for a few days with only food/water. If she goes back to the nesting box when you put her with the others, return her to the cage for a few more days until she breaks the cycle. Some have even said to put a cold or frozen water bottle under her where she is trying to nest but, yikes. Hope this helps.
Good job with the chicken 🐔
U can use the Kazoo method next time......grab the chicken by the legs... blow in the beak and the egg will pop out the other end......😅
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God bless happy Easter.
Great tip thank you.
Another option is to rub olive oil...do NOT use baby oil...it must be something edible...around her vent.
This worked very well with a cockatiel that was egg-bound.
Thanks
A happy Easter for sure. Have a great day celebrating with your family. See you next week.
Happy Easter!
Hope all turns out well
She's still ok after a few days, but oddly the experience has made her broody and motherly.
That was interesting - whoda thunk! Great job Andrew - HAPPY EASTER! 🐇
Happy Easter!
I thought we were going to see a seasoning rub, wood chip selection and BBQ sauce video. 🤣
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Sorry to hear. Hope he gets better soon. 🤠
Happy Easter to the good Doctor and Tiffany
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I had a Buff Orp that did this exact thing. She’d lay a “shell-less” egg probably 4 times a year. The baths really help. You saved that little one. Nice work!
Good to know!
Where did you find the divided feeder for your oyster shells and other minerals?
Here you go, kind of pricey but it works very well at keeping them off the top of it. amzn.to/40zkn9E
Awesome thank you! Appreciate the videos, keep up the great work!!
Amazing how fast that worked! Glad she is doing better.
She sure got instant energy back.
Happy Easter. Happy that your therapy worked😀
Yay! Dr. Andrew to the rescue!
Happy Easter to you & Tiffany.
Happy Easter!
Wow, that's amazing! I raised guinea fowl and chickens for years and I've never heard of this salt bath. Learned something new. Thanks for another great video and have a Blessed Easter!
It seems to be a common technique on the internet.
Man I am so Thankful you did a awesome job saving the chicken.
We gave our chicks a 50/50 mix of powerade and water during the heat of summer, this is a great idea for your chicks issue.
That was great thinking Andrew., a good save for the chicken. Happy Easter to you and Tiffany!! 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
Happy Easter!
Glad that she is recovering! That had to be scary for you, but you did your research and helped her out! Hope you and Tiffany have a good 🐣 Easter!
Happy Easter
if you could do a fenced in run so they can run that would help out bunches!
I know, it needs to happen very soon.
@@TKCL gotta have the time is all!
We have had that happen twice to the same bird...once she recovered she acted diffrent and went broody...gave her eggs see is an awesome setting hen ...actually the only one we have that will set on any egg we introduce to her.
Mine went from not being broody at all, to wanting to sit on every egg lol.
@@TKCL wow really exactly what this one has done. Sweet hen until you go to rob the eggs under her. We just let her sit she has kept us in supply of chickens plus we have hatched a couple ducks under her too
Was close to having fried chicken for dinner
Negative, if I ever lose one I for sure won't eat it just to be sure it wasn't disease or a virus that got it.
Andrew, my vet give me the ok to give my German shepherd some Gatorade every day during the hot summer months. We usually have a pint/quarter of Gatorade mix from working all day. I just put it in his water bowl. Happy Easter Sunday
Not a bad idea, especially for an active dog.
That was great! Maybe you should've been a vet! Happy Easter my friend!
LOL naaa
I am going to take my Magnesium and Calcium lol
You should 🤣
Country life.. soak your beans, soak your chicken lol
Lol