The_Sky_Is_Falling
Hatching
- Jul 1, 2021
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Hello,
So I woke up this morning to find a shell less bloody egg sitting on the floor of the coop underneath the roost.
I am unsure who laid it, but I have a mixed flock including 2x wyandottes, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Easter Eggers.
Some notes on stressful conditions/ potential causes:
So I woke up this morning to find a shell less bloody egg sitting on the floor of the coop underneath the roost.
I am unsure who laid it, but I have a mixed flock including 2x wyandottes, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Easter Eggers.
Some notes on stressful conditions/ potential causes:
- Record heat wave just hit us for 3 days. The chickens were very stressed.
- We do have ducks (though none have any signs of illness) so egg drop syndrome may be a possibility
- Yesterday, I cleaned out the coop and sprayed it down with a mixture of water, vinegar, dish soap, neem oil and a few drops of cedar oil
- One of the Easter Eggers has been losing egg pigmentation
- One of them (probably the red) has started eating eggs
- The red has been particularly broody lately
- Red also seems to have some mildly dirty vent feathers.
- Checked all the chickens for signs of fleas or mites. None found.
- Increased calcium, added a probiotic and increased access to a variety of greens/ veg.
- Cleaned out coop.