I'm so sorry :( That is just gut-wrenching. Our Penny is having major issues laying since her molt and winter break and hasn't laid a normal egg since she began laying again about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I have found funky shaped hard egg shells, egg yolks and white on the ground and in the coop...
Awww, I'm so sorry to hear that she's struggling so badly, it doesn't sound good at all. I will say that I think Penny would not have made it this far had I not caught her "episodes" early on with the infection. She got pretty bad once and I had to bring her inside for two nights, but she...
We adopted 4 adult hens from a client in March 2016. One of the hens, Penny (Ameraucana), has now survived a few episodes of egg peritonitis. We're not sure why she has had so many issues with laying (the first issue with her was egg bound and she passed a rubber egg following an epsom salt...