Meaty Lay!

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HI. I'm in the UK and have had chickens for 4 years. I started with ex battery hens and boy did I learn a lot!
This though is new to me...
My three year old hybrid Yazz has been in moult but feather are back. She stopped laying obviously during this time. Recently she has started laying very meaty egg like things. They are not a normal lash egg and no signs of solid pus. Its like the shell is not forming properly and there is obviously something not working properly inside.
She is bright, good colour in her face comb and wattle. She is eating and pooping all good. She is walking fine. She is picking on those that annoy her as usual. Ill attach pics of what she has passed over the last 8 days.
I have been given her 1ml of calcium.and Vit D supplement. I've given her extra protein every other day (scrambled eggs or sardines - rinsed no salt). Doing all normal stuff. She is blind in one eye so more cautious moving about but again.. normal for her!
 

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Hello 😀

It sounds like you're doing a great job.
Someone recommended to me a couple of years ago. Too give one of their eggs beaten up raw for them to share and grind up their shell.
That really helped mine. Good luck

:welcome
 
I do think that still is some lash egg material with a bit of yolk inside. She may have early salpingitis or is having a shell gland problem, which may be the same. Usually we only recommend giving 300-600 mg of calcium daily for up to 7 days. @azygous says to never give it past 14 days. There may not be too much more you can do except offer good balanced feed and supportive treatment. Antibiotics may help in early salpingitis if you can obtain them from a vet in the UK.
 

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