Hello, I’m new to the forum

[sourland]

Hello, Rachel, and welcome to BYC.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, Rachel and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC Rachel! I'm so sorry about Greta.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Rachel, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I'm so sorry about Greta.

 

[triciayoung]

Welcome. What happened with Greta?

 

[Tookie]

Hi, welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us.

So sorry for your loss.

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! pleased to meet you and thanks for joining us.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, Rachel, and welcome to BYC!! So sorry about Greta. It's heartbreaking when we lose one we love.

 

[The cheek coop]

Welcome to the flock, sorry for your loss.

 

[rachel13helene]

Welcome. What happened with Greta?

Thank you. Greta was laying shell-less eggs for a couple of weeks when I also noticed what seemed like a swollen abdomen. Avian vet thought she probably had an infection in her reproductive tract (and thought the extra fullness was fat) so we started antibiotics and anti-inflammatories which seemed to help after a week. But then her eggs went back to no shell and she died a week later. That was bad enough but now I’m finding other shell-less eggs and I’m worried another hen might have what Greta died from.