Well, I just had a first. Broody hen just had an egg burst under her. I heard it happen and went to investigate and the smell was awful. It got into several eggs, but I quickly removed the nest box and cleaned it and replaced the hay. Mom had some gunk on her, but not terribly. I didn’t...
So I felt the need to post this here. A little backstory, my 2 sisters are allergic to CHICKEN eggs but not duck eggs. They'd been ordering fresh duck eggs for about 2 years and receiving floaters sometimes and I had told them the trick of if it sinks is good, if sinks but stands underwater...
This started a few weeks ago with my hen. I noticed she was smelly so I took a look at her vent and noticed some cheese/egg looking substance crusted on/around her vent. I cleaned it off and after learning about vent gleet I applied anti-fungal cream. She was fine for a while but now it has come...