Featheryyards
Chirping
- Jan 24, 2022
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So I posted here the other day about my miniature hen. (Feel the need to mention she is doing semi better and was always separated from the flock so there wouldn’t have been cross infection from her.) today I went down to the coop to check on my hens and after collecting eggs I noticed my white hen (I don’t know how old she is but she is much thinner than the rest of my girls) laid an egg that has a wrinkled top. She has never laid this type of egg before. If I remember right this can be a sign of sickness?? I don’t know if it’s just that or if she is stressed. The weather has been a bit messy (front coming through none stop and the temperature outside going from 70° to 30° over night) and we recently had to change hay brands since our normal store was out. At the beginning of the week we had just changed all the hay in the coop(with the normal hay). After changing the hay and going back the next day we found a dead sparrow and immediately got the birds out to the pen and took all the hay out, disinfected everything (including throwing out any open feed and water) and going buy a fresh bale (insert new hay from new store here) to redo the coop. Is it possible that the dead bird could have gotten her sick? Should I quarantine her? As far as I can tell she is socializing and eating/drinking/laying like normal. No runny eyes and no coughing yet.