https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/23803/oxytocin-in-chickens I have been set thinking so I thought the collective wisdom might be able to help. I had an egg bound chicken booked into consults so went and read notes etc as a bit hazey on chicken medicine and it advised calcium, oxytocin and lube. Then went toen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/151935?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:57:59 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a462d3af-c72f-4ebd-a1f1-41b8416a747bAnna Battek-Kosiorowska<p>Exactly. I am still waiting for a properly egg bound chicken to be presented. So far most of them had peritonitis being ex-battery hens and possibly having complications of Infectious Bronchitis, couple had cloacal prolapses but none so far an egg stuck...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/151933?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:46:37 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b7da8c2d-ed8f-4a24-959c-f2b1fcd60662Gillian Mostyn<p>You gave my answer before I got chance to. &nbsp;Chickens don&#39;t get egg bound. They are egg machines - designed for the task. &nbsp;They can pass mahoosive eggs!</p> <p>HOWEVER, they get lots of problems that involve eggs not being passed properly- fractured eggs, peritonitis, malnutrition etc. &nbsp;</p> <p>Thus oxytocin rarely works in chickens because it is rarely a simple situation.</p> <p>I have used oxytocin effectively in parrotsBUT, again, there is often an underlying issue such as hypocalcaemia that is causingvthe problem- so xrays and bloods should ideally be done before giving it. I would always give calcium and fluids at the same time.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>