Recent content by rachel13helene

Thank you. Greta was laying shell-less eggs for a couple of weeks when I also noticed what seemed like a swollen abdomen. Avian vet thought she probably had an infection in her reproductive tract (and thought the extra fullness was fat) so we started antibiotics and anti-inflammatories which...

Sorry I seem to have posted my reply to the original post rather weirdly…. No idea how I managed that…. My daughter will be so embarrassed by my tech disability.

Thank you for your kind reply. I feed them organic layer crumble from Modesto Milling, a small scoop of organic scratch, and a handful of Grublies daily. I always have oyster shell out for them and I feed them their ground egg shells (when they are laying). Once or twice a week I give them kale...

My 2 year old Whiting True Green, Greta, died a couple weeks ago. She had been laying “mistake eggs”, my daughter and I call them. She was dropping eggs without shells. It took a while to figure out which of my six hens was doing it. Then, I noticed Greta’s belly seemed swollen so I took her...

I’m Rachel, I’m in the California Bay Area, and I have five hens which I raised from chicks. They’re two years old. I have a Silver Wyandotte, a Golden Wyandotte, a Red Star, a Bielefelder, and a Golden Campine. I had Greta, the Whiting True Green, but she sadly passed away a few weeks ago...

You asked about excess abdominal fat. I had a hen die after dropping shell-less eggs for about a month and she did have excess abdominal fat. The avian vet tried antibiotics and anti-inflammatory meds and they seemed to help (started laying eggs with shells, not good quality shells though)...