How do you help an egg bound hen?

By locking the hen up. the hen can bound to its egg

I dont think locking them up will help at all. just scare the life out of them. You can not help a egg bound hen, we have had 5 and unfortanatly all 5 have died. You can't really even see it coming or happening.

You can help an egg bound hen. There are many different methods. try steaming its bottom but be careful not to burn it.