egg-bound

British  

adjective

1. describing egg-bearing animals and birds that have difficulty passing their eggs

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egg-bound

If she is egg-bound, the egg can be felt.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Carl Dare

Some stood apparently egg-bound, others hurried away, doubtless to procure assistance.

From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates

Young hens are often affected by becoming egg-bound; that is; they are unable to force the passage of the egg from the ovary to the nest.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Carl Dare

I'll do my best, for you've worked well on the whole, and I shan't forget that Orpington hen you saved when she was egg-bound.

From Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith

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