yolkless eggs

  1. G

    Shell-less eggs, yolk less eggs, diarrhoea

    Good morning 🌟 My bantam hen started laying this week (Tuesday), she has laid an egg around lunch time everyday since. Today she laid before I went down to open up the coop. It’s was a soft-shelled egg, surrounded by LOTS of diarrhoea. It was slightly creased on top, didn’t look punctured but...
  2. G

    New laying hen, has produced one soft shelled egg and one shellless yolk less egg already this morning

    Good morning 🌟 My first bantam hen started laying this week (Tuesday), she has delivered one egg everyday since. Today I woke to find she already laid (v early) and there was quite a lot of diahhrea in the nesting box, and a very soft shelled egg, she may have punctured the egg as there was...
  3. skippyranhome

    Own 2 backyard hens, one died suddenly from a "cold"? Can you help diagnose?

    Greetings. Mavis and Mildred are 3-year-old free-range, Bovans or Lohman Reds. Both very healthy until Mavis started laying yolkless, small eggs for about 6 weeks. Then for 3 days, she seemed to have a slight cold with a few sneezes and runny nose. She held her beak open a lot. Runny poop...
  4. L

    Silkie down and just laid a soft-shelled egg

    Hi All, This morning I found my 5 year old silkie lying down inside the coop. I took her out, but she refused to stand. I placed her in a comfortable shaded spot with some pellets and water nearby. A few hours later, she produced a soft-shelled egg with a yolk. She is drinking and her head is...
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