MY CHICKEN DROPPED A SACK ON THE GROUND...

[dlh5000]

I'M NEW TO BACK YARD CHICKENS BUT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE SITE. I WANTED TO KNOW WHY MY HEN DROPPED A NARROW, LONG-ISH, CLEAR IN COLOR SACK. I'VE HAD THE HENS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND HAVE BEEN GETTING EGGS DAILY. STILL GETTING EGGS BUT FOUND THIS LITTLE YUCKY, SLIMEY SACK ON THE GROUND.

 

[christine9]

Probably just an egg hiccup. It will happen from time to time. If you are feeding a good layer feed and have oyster shell available, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

 

[dlh5000]

Good to know and relieved. Thanks for the reply.

 

[christine9]

No problem! Keep on eye out, but you probably won't see it too often. My girls just started laying this spring, and I've seen three or four soft-shelled eggs. Good luck!

 

[Eggcessive]

Your chicken had a soft shell egg break inside, and although it happens commonly, it can cause a bacterial setup for egg yolk peritonitis in a year or two. You can flush out her vent with a couple of teaspoonsful of weak white vinegar 1:4 and a syringe to get rid of any residual egg material. I lost a hen last year in which whose vent I pulled a soft membrane of an egg out of a year or so before.

 

[missnu01]

Is it not possible that the chicken died not because of the soft shelled egg, but because of a disorder causing the soft shelled eggs in the first place. Infection sets up in way way less tHan a year. Newcastle disease causes soft shelled eggs and usually death later.

 

[dlh5000]

Thanks so much..

 

[dlh5000]

Great info...Thanks.

 

[dlh5000]

The chicken didn't die but I will read up on the disease....Thanks so much for the info.

 

[deddy]

I have found 2 eggs within a

week under the roosting bars that have been hatched with a sack like consistency of a balloon. Is this something to worry about? Pictures attached