Eggbound peahen -- causes, recovery, prevention

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: On thursday, I noticed my two year old white peahen had been acting : strangely. Although she appeared alert, she was sitting down strangely with : her legs and toes splayed in funny directions andher wings out to balance : her. I went into the pen and got real close to her, and although she figeted, : she didn't stand up or move. As soon as my father got home her took a look at : her, and called Dennis Erdman, who we had talked to about peafowl before. He : said the hen was showing symptoms of being eggbound, and told us how to treat : it. : My dad went back up to the aviary and brough the bird down to the house. When : he moved her he found an egg that had been directly under her. When we were : back at the house and in the light he flipped the bird over and tried to feel : around and find if there was another egg still stuck inside of her, but he : couldn't feel any pressure or an egg. We figured she had finally managed to : push the egg out herself, she she was directly on top of it. : However, she still cannot stand or walk. She seems to have gotten more : feeling and circulation back into her legs, becuase she can move them better : than before, and doesn't need her wings to balance, but yet she still is not : back to normal. How long does recovery normally take? Is there anything more : we can do for her? : Also, is a specific preventable reason this happened, or anything we could do : about it?

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