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I did that and nothing. She was starting to die.
When I cut her open a whole lot of fluid came out. And then this.
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HeartoftheMatterFarm said:
I did that and nothing. She was starting to die.
When I cut her open a whole lot of fluid came out. And then this.
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Looks like she had an internal infection with ascites, poor girl. That's hard to diagnose and I'm not sure if it even can be cured. You did the best you could.
 
I'm afraid to go outside and look at my pepper plants.. and also, Hi! I thought I could keep up when I jumped back in here a few months ago, but I failed again.

Back with a broody question... it's my first time ::blush:: and I've had chickens for 5 years! I have two broodies sharing a nest box. There have been no other eggs to gather from the unoccupied nest box even though there are 4 other laying hens in that coop. I've caught a 3rd chicken laying in the same box as the broodies. Is it bad that they are letting other chickens add eggs even though they've been sitting solidly for over a week? Or is it likely they are eating the other eggs as they get laid? I smelled rotten eggs in the coop yesterday and tried to take a peak under them. I spotted an odd egg and snatched it out. There was a shell and membrane smashed onto another egg. At first I thought it looked like and egg within an egg where the outside shell broke off a bit, but thinking back, it may be a broken/eaten egg shell just got smashed into another egg and adhered. I think it is a real mess under them because they are crowded into one box and also letting other chickens in there and eggs are getting broken. I'm planning on moving them tonight to their own space, but I'm not sure how to handle the mess of eggs. If there are smashed egg shells stuck on other eggs, should those eggs be discarded?
*3 chickens in this box :rolleyes:
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