> After watching all this discussion, I think the poster is confused. 
 > I find it impossible to believe a bird has been egg bound for 3 
 > weeks. Look at jenday conures. That "LUMP" is very noticeable, but 
 > it's just a carried egg, not a bound one.
It takes an egg about 7-10 days to make its way "down the tubes" before it's 
expelled. Sometimes stress will delay the expulsion by a day or two. But 
three weeks is absolutely mind-boggling! There *was* something wrong with any 
hen that carries an egg for that amount of time...
However, there are symptoms that imitate an egg in the abdomen. As you know, 
birds will sometimes hold their overnight poops. They are very swollen in the 
morning and, to the untrained, might resemble an egg. Hens in a brooding mode 
are especially prone to holding their excretment overnight.
Swollen abdomens can also be symptoms of disease, including tumors and 
proventricular dilatation syndrome (macaw wasting disease).
ANY bird that does not appear "normal" in appearance or behavior should be 
taken to the vet as soon as possible.
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