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Egg bound hen?

Egg bound hen?
Egg bound hen?

I think this hen is egg bound. I’ve given her two 30-40 minute soaks in very warm water last night and this morning. I also fed her some olive oil last night. It’s now afternoon here. Is my next step trying to manually get it out?

She has her feathers up like shown. And I think she generally looks a bit uncomfortable. I’m also pretty sure I could feel the egg when I palpated her rear but she was a little cranky about it so I didn’t get a good feel.

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