So here is another egg with a tail laid by Frightful from her perch while she slept! This is getting weird.....is this really normal for a first time layer? She laid an egg with a tail a bit ago, then didnt lay anything until the day before yesterday and that egg was normal. She didnt lay an egg yesterday though. Then i found this thing in the morning under her perch.
She has available calcium. She is off her feed again but with no outward signs of illness. Her crest is a bit pale but she has always had a light colored crest so Im not sure if thats a sign or just her normal color. Her crop was not emptied this morning, so I massaged it and gave her 15 minutes then checked again and it was a lot smaller. Could this be why she is not hungry? Im getting a little concerned that this might be something more that I cant see. Her bum is soft and squishy btw, not hard or swollen. I just treated with Sevin for mites about a week ago. They had mites when i got them, this was me second treatment for any hatched eggs. They dont appear to have any more mights.
Heres a link to my last thread about her first tailed egg.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/664036/this-is-an-egg-with-a-tail-very-weird-pic/10#post_8974524
Edited by Reurra - 5/17/12 at 3:47am
1 Blue JG and 1 Black JG,1 Penciled Rock Rooster. 1 Cornish chick, 5 Sussex, 3 mix chicks, 3 australorp chicks, 1 blue australorp chick, and one wild kitty!
10 meaties on the way, 2 red layers, 4 EE too!!! Chicken Math strikes again!
The Rooster may crow, but it is the Hen that delivers the goods!
1 Blue JG and 1 Black JG,1 Penciled Rock Rooster. 1 Cornish chick, 5 Sussex, 3 mix chicks, 3 australorp chicks, 1 blue australorp chick, and one wild kitty!
10 meaties on the way, 2 red layers, 4 EE too!!! Chicken Math strikes again!
The Rooster may crow, but it is the Hen that delivers the goods!
