Today while putting fresh shavings in the coop one of my hatchery EE's was in the nesting box. I was excited because I have 4 EEs but have never gotten 4 green eggs in one day, so I thought I might get to find out if she is laying a brown egg. She stayed in the box while I dumped the shavings, a little unusual I thought. I went to go get some scratch & BOSS treats to throw on the coop floor and when i came back I noticed she was sitting on the floor. Uh oh not a good sign. I checked the nest box, there were two eggs in there, both chilly, and they had a watery, pale yellow, rotten egg smelling liquid on them (not her eggs, but def her liquid).
I picked her up, checked her vent, no prolapse, no noticable lump in her abdomen, noticed she was thin feeling, her pea comb is normal colored, she did not feel hot under the wings or on the comb. The feathers beneath her vent had some of that yellow stinky stuff on them, but not a lot. When I put her down she ate a bit of scratch. I checked on her a half hour later to find her hiding under the nest boxes, unwilling to come out.
She is 9 months old, fed layer pellets, with occasional scratch and BOSS treats, fresh water daily. She is in a coop with 17 other chickens (two roos [one RIR, one OEGB], 16 pullets). These chickens are confined to the coop for the winter, so no ranging. As recently as last night she was roosting, so I don't think she's felt horrible for too long, and I have no idea when she last produced an egg.
I've tried searching for posts with this rotten egg smelling watery discharge, with no luck. I read the eggbound posts, but those symptoms were a little vague-ish....
Suggestions, ideas, advice?
I am a realist about my girls. As much as I love them, I'd rather cull her humanely than try unsuccessfully to restore her health thereby prolonging her suffering.
I picked her up, checked her vent, no prolapse, no noticable lump in her abdomen, noticed she was thin feeling, her pea comb is normal colored, she did not feel hot under the wings or on the comb. The feathers beneath her vent had some of that yellow stinky stuff on them, but not a lot. When I put her down she ate a bit of scratch. I checked on her a half hour later to find her hiding under the nest boxes, unwilling to come out.
She is 9 months old, fed layer pellets, with occasional scratch and BOSS treats, fresh water daily. She is in a coop with 17 other chickens (two roos [one RIR, one OEGB], 16 pullets). These chickens are confined to the coop for the winter, so no ranging. As recently as last night she was roosting, so I don't think she's felt horrible for too long, and I have no idea when she last produced an egg.
I've tried searching for posts with this rotten egg smelling watery discharge, with no luck. I read the eggbound posts, but those symptoms were a little vague-ish....
Suggestions, ideas, advice?
I am a realist about my girls. As much as I love them, I'd rather cull her humanely than try unsuccessfully to restore her health thereby prolonging her suffering.
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