MarlaMac
Songster
Been tending chickens for 4 years now. Lost our first overnight.
She had been sick for a while (probably longer than we knew). Had been finding soft shell eggs in the coop. Finally found one still part way inside her. Starter her on calcium and amoxicillin 3 days ago.
Heat has been brutal, so brought her in yesterday afternoon and put her in a dog crate inside. She ate a few bites of wet mash and hard cooked egg and drank a bit of sugar water. Her poop was a yellow liquid.
Got up this morning and she was gone.
Then...found another discolored poop (yellow urates) and a broken egg under the roost bars this morning (although not together), so I have another possibly, although the egg was not soft, just broken, so maybe just a girl who could not wait for the nest boxes to open.
Will take some poop up for a float test on Monday just to make sure I don't have parasites in abundance.
Pretty sad.
She had been sick for a while (probably longer than we knew). Had been finding soft shell eggs in the coop. Finally found one still part way inside her. Starter her on calcium and amoxicillin 3 days ago.
Heat has been brutal, so brought her in yesterday afternoon and put her in a dog crate inside. She ate a few bites of wet mash and hard cooked egg and drank a bit of sugar water. Her poop was a yellow liquid.

Got up this morning and she was gone.
Then...found another discolored poop (yellow urates) and a broken egg under the roost bars this morning (although not together), so I have another possibly, although the egg was not soft, just broken, so maybe just a girl who could not wait for the nest boxes to open.
Will take some poop up for a float test on Monday just to make sure I don't have parasites in abundance.
Pretty sad.