- Apr 30, 2014
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Hi,
We keep a couple of chickens who are now about 2 and 3 years old respectively...from different batches. They are factory rescues, red sex linked, debeaked. We got them before they began laying and they never made it to the egg factory. Both have been excellent layers.
Last week, one of our girls was acting lethargic and sitting on the nest a lot like she was trying to lay but couldn't. She has laid and egg every day since she started so this is unusual for her. We gave her a "spa" treatment ( hot tub bath for about 10-15 minutes ) and the next day, she laid an "egg" similar to the one I have attached here. This one was laid today by our other girl who showed the same symptoms and we did the same treatment for her last night.
I thought they were maybe egg bound or had peritonitis or something and that maybe the bath helped them get it all out. They both seem to feel better now...for now at least. We have also increased their calcium intake (oyster shells and cottage cheese treats and spinach ) and are giving them a supplement with vitamin D3 (poly visol). I hope they will be back to normal now but the first girl to experience this has not laid any eggs since passing this.
Does anyone out there know what this is? We call it an alien egg. Has anyone else experienced this? I have searched the internet and have not found anything like it.
Thank you!
We keep a couple of chickens who are now about 2 and 3 years old respectively...from different batches. They are factory rescues, red sex linked, debeaked. We got them before they began laying and they never made it to the egg factory. Both have been excellent layers.
Last week, one of our girls was acting lethargic and sitting on the nest a lot like she was trying to lay but couldn't. She has laid and egg every day since she started so this is unusual for her. We gave her a "spa" treatment ( hot tub bath for about 10-15 minutes ) and the next day, she laid an "egg" similar to the one I have attached here. This one was laid today by our other girl who showed the same symptoms and we did the same treatment for her last night.
I thought they were maybe egg bound or had peritonitis or something and that maybe the bath helped them get it all out. They both seem to feel better now...for now at least. We have also increased their calcium intake (oyster shells and cottage cheese treats and spinach ) and are giving them a supplement with vitamin D3 (poly visol). I hope they will be back to normal now but the first girl to experience this has not laid any eggs since passing this.
Does anyone out there know what this is? We call it an alien egg. Has anyone else experienced this? I have searched the internet and have not found anything like it.
Thank you!
