Well it seems that our Joe is not a "Joe", but a "Jo"!!!!!

We noticed that Jo was acting a little off the last couple of days, but mainly yesterday and this morning. I saw her trying to poop this morning and having problems, I went in and something made me rub low on her belly and I felt an egg there, it is not all the way down to her vent yet but close. She is fluffing and "squatting" and grunting.

All the years of rescue and living with birds, this is the first egg we have dealt with! HELP!!! Any suggestions out there?

Tammy I don't have a lot of experience but my Greenwing Macaw hen has laid eggs every month for the past 4 months. She has them 72 hours apart and has 3 per laying session. She has always waited until it's lights out at night, before she'll lay.

While I am sure she was having contractions before I saw the actual egg, she didn't show me any outward signs. When she would grunt to push the egg out, it was a very quick process.

If it were me I would double check with your AV about the amount of time it's taking for her to physically deal with pushing the egg.

Also, give her added calcium throughout the laying process. I use Neo-Calglucon (Calcium Glubionate) which is a liquid that can be added to their drinking water, it's available at most drug stores. You can also offer high calcium foods such as almonds, cottage chesse, yogurt and cheese.

Egg Bound (possibly), Do you have any cod liver oil.
A small syringe will be needed also.
Vegetable oil will also work if a must.
Inside the vent itself there will be 2 seperate tubes, one for fecal, one for eggs, the one for the eggs will be apparent, you might even see part of the egg, you will need to fill the small syringe and apply this oil into that tube and work around gently as to lube the surrounding tissue, the egg will eventually drop out, if needed keep adding the oil and working the vent.
The objective is to get the oil up and around the egg.
This may seem hard to do, but it is actually fairly easy.
You may need to towel the bird and have someone help you hold the bird.
Simply keep oiling and working the oil around gently.
When the egg does drop out, inspect it well for cracks and such flaws.
Good Luck Tammy.
Keep us posted please.

Tammy how is Jo doing?

I hope all is okay, there's a 24 hour time frame from when the bird shows signs of egg delivery to when the actual laying occurs.
If the egg does bind it will apply pressure to the fecal tube and this is where problems can occur.
Can only hope all is okay.

I talked to our vet yesterday as well as PP and did a ton of reading, and it can take anywhere from 1-5 days to actually lay the egg. However if she hasn't laid it by Monday we are taking her in and they will xray to see what is going on, try to palpitate the egg out, if that doesn't work they will drain the egg and take it that way, so we are watching and waiting!

Jo seems fine, though quite, she is eating and drinking normally, and perching fine as well.

I hope Jo is okay! This is probably a stupid question but are parrot eggs hard like a chickens, or soft like a reptiles?

Tammy how are things going? Have you talked to your vet today? Do you know a breeder in your area that you can rely on for help?

They are supposed to be hard like chicken eggs. Sometimes you can run into problems with soft shell eggs or eggs with a soft spot on them, if the hen isn't getting enough calcium.