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Uh oh.... that does not sound good. I've had 2 experiences with retained eggs so far, neither has a good ending. The first was a girl I purchased that was "possibly gravid". It turned out she wasn't gravid at all and everything seemed to be going well for me with her. This was my first year of chondobsession without much experience. When this girl grounded herself and was very lethargic I knew she was in trouble. I called the vet, got an appt. for 2 days later on a Monday when I could take her down... she died on the way to the Dr.!! I had a necropsy done and it turned out she had retained eggs from prior year and her oviducts were pus filled. Ok, lesson learned.

Second experience was last year, odd number of eggs laid, very few good ones. I pulled the eggs and gave her a couple days to recooperate. When she did not perch normally I figured I'd better take her in to get her checked, her retained eggs were all in one oviduct and it was not apparent by the appearance. The vet tried to express eggs manually, but they had adhered to the oviduct tissue and surgery was required to remove them. We wound up removing the entire oviduct and was treating with antibiotics but this girl just did not bounce back after surgery and I lost her 3 weeks later.

At this point I would remove the good eggs and get them in an incubator and get your girl in to the vet asap. If there are retained eggs, time is not your friend and very risky for her.

Overall, I am surprised that she was still coiling up on the eggs that she did have though, that's got to be a good sign!! Good luck with this girl, I hope all turns out well for her!!!