Our 1 and a half year old Easter eggers started laying large odd shaped eggs a couple weeks ago. Would love to know the cause and if they are still safe to eat and treatment options if necessary. They are free range non medicated. The egg on the far right is a typical size egg for reference.
Just had a batch of new chicks hatching one of the last three has a marble sized sac on her butt area. She is still in the brooder any advice or info on this is appreciated.
Thank you all for the for the replies! I live in southern Oregon it's dark right now but I will take a look and photos of their legs tomorrow. 3 of the 4 are loosing feathers the one hen looks really healthy with no feather loss and I have been getting one egg every other day for the last month...
My first small flock of well summers are about a year old. Last week I noticed one of the 5 had ruffled feathers and had a shrunken pale comb and waddle. I separated her and she died a day later. I noticed 3 of the remaining 4 have scaley shrunken waddles now. They are all eating and drinking...