- Mar 25, 2016
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Hello all! I have 6 hens. One is a Lavender Aracauna (think that’s how it’s spelled…my neighbor gave her to me, I have a rooster of the same breed Princess and Cogburn, both are healthy), a hen who is the niece of the above hen and other half is New Hampshire Red - Louise), the others I bought from a 4H student a few months ago and I’m not sure what breed they are but they have the same rust chest and black body as Louise does.
Several months ago Louise was diagnosed with Lash Egg. I’ve treated her and it seems as long as I add NutriDrench to her water she will lay eggs although the shells are not thick, they are pretty thin and bumpy.
One of the 4H chickens (they were all of laying age when I got them) had a bit of diarrhea when she came. I thought maybe she was stressed due to new surroundings and gave her time. I usually switch between NutriDrench and a Pre/Probiotic in their water each day. She had gotten worse over the past couple of weeks and it is sticking to her butt. Last month I saw worms in a couple of poo piles in the roosting box so I treated everyone and did the 2nd treatment about 10 days later.
A couple of days ago I noticed one of the brown eggs (Louise lays bluish ones) in the poo box with a soft shell, along with a couple other gals now having diarrhea as well. Today I went out there and there are 4 soft eggs in the poo box! They are all eating and drinking, non of them are acting like they are sick in any way. I’ve tried to google diarrhea +soft shell eggs +pasty butt but nothing comes up at all that helps since they don’t act sick. I’m at a total loss. Has anyone had this experience??!
They roost up on a natural tree branch in the coop, we’ve built boxes under them that I fill with Sweet PDZ and scoop out every day just like a kitty litter box. The door opens automatically early in the morning and they free range all day but they have access to several water’s and food. I have crushed calcium in bowls plus another egg supplement since Louise won’t touch the crushed stuff. I also give them Dried soldier fly larvae as a treat (thrown and scattered so they have to hunt for it and don’t get too much). In occasion I give them pure pumpkin with cinnamon, oregano but never and scraps from the kitchen unless it is plain lettuce or fruit that we haven’t eaten yet.
Sorry it’s long, but I figured the more info you had, the less questions you would have to ask.
Thank you so much!!!
Several months ago Louise was diagnosed with Lash Egg. I’ve treated her and it seems as long as I add NutriDrench to her water she will lay eggs although the shells are not thick, they are pretty thin and bumpy.
One of the 4H chickens (they were all of laying age when I got them) had a bit of diarrhea when she came. I thought maybe she was stressed due to new surroundings and gave her time. I usually switch between NutriDrench and a Pre/Probiotic in their water each day. She had gotten worse over the past couple of weeks and it is sticking to her butt. Last month I saw worms in a couple of poo piles in the roosting box so I treated everyone and did the 2nd treatment about 10 days later.
A couple of days ago I noticed one of the brown eggs (Louise lays bluish ones) in the poo box with a soft shell, along with a couple other gals now having diarrhea as well. Today I went out there and there are 4 soft eggs in the poo box! They are all eating and drinking, non of them are acting like they are sick in any way. I’ve tried to google diarrhea +soft shell eggs +pasty butt but nothing comes up at all that helps since they don’t act sick. I’m at a total loss. Has anyone had this experience??!
They roost up on a natural tree branch in the coop, we’ve built boxes under them that I fill with Sweet PDZ and scoop out every day just like a kitty litter box. The door opens automatically early in the morning and they free range all day but they have access to several water’s and food. I have crushed calcium in bowls plus another egg supplement since Louise won’t touch the crushed stuff. I also give them Dried soldier fly larvae as a treat (thrown and scattered so they have to hunt for it and don’t get too much). In occasion I give them pure pumpkin with cinnamon, oregano but never and scraps from the kitchen unless it is plain lettuce or fruit that we haven’t eaten yet.
Sorry it’s long, but I figured the more info you had, the less questions you would have to ask.
Thank you so much!!!