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One of your chickens look really really strange. The black and white one in the stall.Update, Thursday. I took shots of all the girls. Everyone seems totally fine, laying already done for 2 of them, which surprises me, after yesterday’s shock, and all the abnormal activity at the barn today. Haven’t looked in on the nest yet to see if there’s a bloody egg or another ‘thing’. And, oh so disgustingly, the Salmon Fav ate the ‘thing’ first thing this morning.View attachment 2235393View attachment 2235394View attachment 2235395View attachment 2235396View attachment 2235397View attachment 2235398View attachment 2235399View attachment 2235400View attachment 2235401
Thanks! So, I did a lot of watching and some more looking online, and I’m fairly certain that A) it was the black Orpington, B) it was a ‘tube egg’, and C) one of the causes of a tube egg is...trauma. Since it appeared the day the tornado ripped their barn door off, I’m guessing the trauma part to be the cause. The next day, she laid a double yolker, not her first, so, there’s that. Her behavior was such that I noted it for being ‘off’. Sitting and pumping her rump like she was laying, getting up, acting normal, repeat. All day long. When she went into the nest, I waited for her to finish, then immediately pulled the eggs. Shown are the two I pulled, a normal from the Salmon Faverolle, and the black Orpingto’s massive double.Welcome to activity at BYC - hopefully it was a one time occurrence of a soft/non completed egg. The bright blood was problematic.
Yes, and he’s not much of a layer either. He’s the Gangsta Girl’s pet and slave. Since he’s an eunuch, no chance of weird offspring suddenly appearingOne of your chickens look really really strange. The black and white one in the stall.