Help! My babygirl has been laying eggs all scattered in size and hasnt been herself lately. She seems to have a cold ? Please help?

[LiLBitsMama76]

Hello I have a 4-5 yr old Game Bantam (so I was told) LiL Bitt. I've had her since she was a few weeks old and she's with me 24/7 and lived inside. But recently she laid a fairy egg but then gave me a variety pack of odd sized eggs. LoL and seems to have a cold, she sneezed and left little wet spots on my phone screen. Ughh! But she's not been herself and has a little squirt like sound when she's pruning herself around her rear. But when she scratches around her head you can hear somethings goin on in there. It seems like everything happened at once. I don't have any new chickens with her. And she did the open mouth breathing before but I was able to help her get past that months ago. But I think she might need an antibiotic this time.

 

[nuthatched]

Diet?
Does she get enough sun?

 

[LiLBitsMama76]

Diet?
Does she get enough sun?

Yes sues outside with me everyday. Dirt baths and bugs all the good stuff from mother nature .

 

[nuthatched]

Yes sues outside with me everyday. Dirt baths and bugs all the good stuff from mother nature .

What is her diet?

 

[Eggcessive]

Do the fairy eggs have a yolk or not? Had she recently stopped laying and then started back? Is there a lot of noise or stress? Does she get a layer feed or an all flock feed with crushed oyster shell available for her egg shells? She is having a problem with her oviduct. Sometimes infectious bronchitis virus can be a cause of this. Does she sneeze often?

 

[LiLBitsMama76]

Do the fairy eggs have a yolk or not? Had she recently stopped laying and then started back? Is there a lot of noise or stress? Does she get a layer feed or an all flock feed with crushed oyster shell available for her egg shells? She is having a problem with her oviduct. Sometimes infectious bronchitis virus can be a cause of this. Does she sneeze often?

The smaller one I don't think had a yolk. But she did stop then start back. She's now beginning her molt. And she eats 5 grain scratch and whatever I eat that she likes. To a point. But she still sounds "snotty" when she scratches her head or beak. But I'm going to take her to the vet. Thank you so much for your help @Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

Scratch is not a complete feed. Chickens need a balanced layer or all flock/flock raiser type feed, so I would switch to one of those. Crushed oyster shell would be good to also provide in a separate container than feed to take as they need. Scratch is not balanced and has only 7% protein, and lacks calcium for laying. Molting is a stressful time, so laying problems can happen.