1 year old Isa brown hen laying almost white eggs, and not making any noise

[jhiltbold]

Any advice is welcome!
2 1/2 weeks ago my hen lost 2 of her sisters and coopmates to a vicouse attack of im guessing a racoon. We fixed the coop and secured it. We went a got 3 pullets and put them in there with her. For the first week she was laying normal amount and color of eggs. it took a couple of days but she seems to have accepted her new friends. Now this past week i have only gotten 3 eggs and they are really light almost white eggs. And she is not making her normal noises....and she is not greeting me the same. one chicken had a little diahrrea so i put some apple cider vinegar in their water and DE in their food. She is almost making a honking noise??? randomly.. but not showing any other signs of anything being wrong.

 

[azygous]

Where did you get the new pullets? If private breeder, are they NPIP certified against common infectious diseases? It's possible the new pullets carried a virus into your flock.

It's also possible your hen has injuries that you didn't notice following the attack and have become infected. I'd give her a close inspection for puncture wounds and red, swollen skin, indicating infection.

It's also possible your original hen has a crop disorder. I would monitor that and be sure it's emptying overnight.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

x2 with azygous.

Sorry your hen is doing poorly. This is something to really watch as it could be a harbinger of things to come.

Suddenly changing egg color and then not making "noises" could be a sign of Infectious Bronchitis, which likely would have been brought in by the other new hens, who may have developed a resistance to this strain and only exhibiting mild symptoms. Your remaining hen likely had a suppressed immune system from either the fright or undetected injury.

If IB, it usually runs its course with TLC, but can attack the kidneys or go into bacterial pneumonia. I would carefully watch this hen for signs of coughing, rales, wheezing, nasal drainage, as well as the rest of the flock. Diarrhea is also a common symptom.

Did you isolate the new hens? Usually that helps, but viruses carry on the wind.

I once brought in IB from purchasing coveted hens from a breeder who was highly respected. NPIP certification won't cover IB. One of the new hens had a cute little dove sound which turned out to be IB.

I lost 1 layer due to sudden kidney failure in about 2 days. The rest of the flock were sniffly and depressed for about 2 weeks, with sudden stoppage of eggs, after the initial funny lack of color and sandpaper appearance. It took them almost 2 months to come back into full laying, very common with IB.

I helped support their immune systems with fresh garlic in mash, yogurt, and elderberry tincture in the water. A couple came down with pneumonia for which I used OTC antibiotics, which you sadly can't get anymore, so if it is IB, you may need a visit to the vet.

My thoughts
LofMc

 

[jhiltbold]

Where did you get the new pullets? If private breeder, are they NPIP certified against common infectious diseases? It's possible the new pullets carried a virus into your flock.

It's also possible your hen has injuries that you didn't notice following the attack and have become infected. I'd give her a close inspection for puncture wounds and red, swollen skin, indicating infection.

It's also possible your original hen has a crop disorder. I would monitor that and be sure it's emptying overnight.

Thank you!

 

[jhiltbold]

x2 with azygous.

Sorry your hen is doing poorly. This is something to really watch as it could be a harbinger of things to come.

Suddenly changing egg color and then not making "noises" could be a sign of Infectious Bronchitis, which likely would have been brought in by the other new hens, who may have developed a resistance to this strain and only exhibiting mild symptoms. Your remaining hen likely had a suppressed immune system from either the fright or undetected injury.

If IB, it usually runs its course with TLC, but can attack the kidneys or go into bacterial pneumonia. I would carefully watch this hen for signs of coughing, rales, wheezing, nasal drainage, as well as the rest of the flock. Diarrhea is also a common symptom.

Did you isolate the new hens? Usually that helps, but viruses carry on the wind.

I once brought in IB from purchasing coveted hens from a breeder who was highly respected. NPIP certification won't cover IB. One of the new hens had a cute little dove sound which turned out to be IB.

I lost 1 layer due to sudden kidney failure in about 2 days. The rest of the flock were sniffly and depressed for about 2 weeks, with sudden stoppage of eggs, after the initial funny lack of color and sandpaper appearance. It took them almost 2 months to come back into full laying, very common with IB.

I helped support their immune systems with fresh garlic in mash, yogurt, and elderberry tincture in the water. A couple came down with pneumonia for which I used OTC antibiotics, which you sadly can't get anymore, so if it is IB, you may need a visit to the vet.

My thoughts
LofMc

Thank you!