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I do have more pics, I'll have to look.
My gf says to me "You have 32 chickens? You will go thru this 32 more times?" (mourning)
My gf says to me "You have 32 chickens? You will go thru this 32 more times?" (mourning)
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Michael, I'm not sure what you mean about unclean vaccinations and EYP. This one was a now 7 year old hatchery chick not vaccinated for anything. Her sister is still with me.
The rooster thing is kindof odd. When I picked him up, he was limp and his tail feathers were broken off. The feathers were found inside the pen where he died. Nothing outside the pen. There was 1 "doggie door" that was open to a yard for them. There was no blood. His poo was normal. Maybe he broke them in the throes of death?
The fact is that there are numerous reasons for soft shelled eggs and eggs dropped off roosts that are not due to actual disease. There are no waterfowl around here anywhere, wild birds do not reside in my coops, though once awhile back, a wren must have flown in through the pop door just as we were locking up and no one noticed until morning when she was frantically trying to get out, the one and only time a bird has been inside any of my coops for any length of time.
Many hens have egg issues during hard molts. Some have them due to age. Some eat plenty of calcium but do not absorb it for some reason that can have to do with vitamin D or other deficiency in their bodies. So, many, many reasons for soft shelled eggs.