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Here's an update in case anyone else sees this happen to their hen. The girl who most likely laid that bizarre thing died today. She didn't seem sick before today but this afternoon she parked herself outside the coop and didn't move from the spot. When I went to check on her tonight at 8pm she...

Quote: Thanks chicktwins. It does look like a fresh version of those bizarre things. Too bad no one had more information about them.

Quote: I forgot to add that they always have a cup of oyster shells available. Their combs are all red, none are deflated or off-color.

Quote: Definitely not dog barf. I clean plenty of that up. I tapped it with a stick and it was hard. It must be some kind of calcification. It could have even come from one of the current non-layers but coincidentally the consistent layer missed today.

Quote: It definitely came out of the one of the three chickens. It was in the nest box. I pulled out the entire bedding to take photo of it.

Quote: I gave them a once over the other day and looked at their belly (chest?) feathers next to their skin. I didn't see anything odd. Is there an reliable way to look for mites? I have never de-wormed them. Should I do it periodically? Is is something I can get from the local feed store?

Quote: Thank you MiniBeesKnees. I will keep an eye on them to see if they are setting up broody shop somewhere. They can get into some hidden areas but I have checked all over their run for eggs.

Thank you for the information redhen689. I am so freaked out by what she laid. These are family pets as much as egg producers. If the other two are molting or broody, how long should it last? It's been about 2 months or more, perhaps 3. None of them is really staking out the nest box but I...

Please help! Bare with me while I give the whole sad story. We have three red cross-sex links that are just over two years old and have been champion layers. This spring two of the three gradually stopped laying (one first then the other). It has been three months and I can't get them...