TheOddOneOut
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We have a flock of six hens, all just hit a year old. Two EEs, one SS, one BO, and two Doms. They are all very healthy and have a whole green yard to roam. Their food is good and we never have shell issues that are calcium related. They get supplemental oyster shell, too.
Only a few times have we had egg problems.
We’ve had one double yolk, one wrinkled egg, a good few with cracked bands around the middle, and a few soft shells.
This morning, out of the blue, there’s a soft shell. The other two soft shells were from one of my EEs, and those were almost definitely stress related. This one has a pale brown hue, so it was one of my brown layers.
This soft shell was not normal, though. It had (what I belive to be) a cyst in it.
Definitely not an embryo or something crazy, before someone suggest that.
Now I’m terrified. Is something wrong with one of my birds? Will this keep happening? We sell eggs...is someone going to open one up and find....THAT????
I don’t even know which bird it is.
I’ve got a hen who seemed to have crop issues for a while. Pendulous crop or the like. She had a bra, she had treatments...never fully cleared up, but she’s a lot better and acts like it.
I only mention her because, like, what if it’s a disease...?
I don’t know. Experts, help??? I dearly love every single one of my birds and couldn’t bear it if something happened, ever.
And yes, vet is an option, but they’re all dum dums. Well, there’s one good one. But most are dummies.
Only a few times have we had egg problems.
We’ve had one double yolk, one wrinkled egg, a good few with cracked bands around the middle, and a few soft shells.
This morning, out of the blue, there’s a soft shell. The other two soft shells were from one of my EEs, and those were almost definitely stress related. This one has a pale brown hue, so it was one of my brown layers.
This soft shell was not normal, though. It had (what I belive to be) a cyst in it.
Definitely not an embryo or something crazy, before someone suggest that.
Now I’m terrified. Is something wrong with one of my birds? Will this keep happening? We sell eggs...is someone going to open one up and find....THAT????
I don’t even know which bird it is.
I’ve got a hen who seemed to have crop issues for a while. Pendulous crop or the like. She had a bra, she had treatments...never fully cleared up, but she’s a lot better and acts like it.
I only mention her because, like, what if it’s a disease...?
I don’t know. Experts, help??? I dearly love every single one of my birds and couldn’t bear it if something happened, ever.
And yes, vet is an option, but they’re all dum dums. Well, there’s one good one. But most are dummies.
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