https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/13966/chickens My mum got 4 ex-battery chickens 6 weeks ago. They all look like normal, healthy chickens and are doing really well but now my Mum thinks one of them maybe eggbound. They all started laying quite quickly and we&#39;ve had 2-4 eggs a day, but over theen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/116122?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:31:16 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:29476324-47f2-4a52-a529-a1d6a8d99bb1Gillian Mostyn<p>Check the nutrition.&nbsp; They need good quality layers pellets, and little else, as this is what they are used to.&nbsp; People who take on ex-bats often want to &#39;spoil&#39; them with kitchen scraps and lots of corn (which the chucks do love) but as they are basically egg factories this can leave them nutient deficient.&nbsp; I tend to say only give pellets until late afternoon, with extra treats only given after that, to encourage them to eat their daily ration of nutrients!!</p> <p>Don&#39;t attempt to treat egg binding yourself, but as this is an ex-bat it is actually very unlikely.&nbsp; Egg peritonitis - now THAT&#39;S common....<img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /> and unfortunately usually fatal...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/116119?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:40:28 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:796efbb9-62a0-4b3a-a451-28f11e7d2b8fdallinson<p>Hi my hubby has a chicken farm, although i am not up on chicken knowledge, they only lay an egg every 30 hours so only getting 3 a day is normal, they wont lay every day.&nbsp; If egg bound i think they will have a swelling towards back end, you can try and break it in them if reachable, if not they need to go to the vet.&nbsp; They will lay odd eggs now and again and can just be from lack of nutrients, especially if ex-battery. good luck x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>