Texas

[lovemyjjbs]

So I posted on the main board but no one responded. I have an Easter Egger who went from laying thinner shelled eggs to now laying rubbery shelled eggs. I have 6 total laying hens that I was given last month. No one else is having egg issues. I feed Layena pellets with omega 3 and free feed oyster shells. Anything else I can do for her? I don't know whats wrong.

 

[Jami72]

Hi! I'm also from Texas. I'm way up in Northeast Texas between Bonham and Greenville. I'm pretty close to McKinney also.

 

[electrycmonk]

I had one girl drop one of those a week or so ago. From what I've read in the other sub forum that it happens from time to time. The takeaway I have so far digested is that a once in a great while it will happen and not to really worry but, a second time and then it's "put on the Dr./forensic science hat" and get to work.

 

[electrycmonk]

Hi! I'm also from Texas. I'm way up in Northeast Texas between Bonham and Greenville. I'm pretty close to McKinney also.

Welcome welcome @Jami72

 

[RUNuts]

So I posted on the main board but no one responded. I have an Easter Egger who went from laying thinner shelled eggs to now laying rubbery shelled eggs. I have 6 total laying hens that I was given last month. No one else is having egg issues. I feed Layena pellets with omega 3 and free feed oyster shells. Anything else I can do for her? I don't know whats wrong.

How old is she? Is she acting listless? Moving slowly like something hurts? Tucks her head and sleeps all the day? Stays by herself?

I started with 6 Ideal Easter Eggers 3 years ago. After this last winter, one was listless and moving slow. I was told that it takes time to get the egg machine pumping again. She started laying soft and then rubber eggs a couple months back. Finding several shell-less eggs in the nest also. I culled her and she had several masses in her abdomen. Search lash egg to see what I saw. The pictures, advanced cases, will be with the Leghorns that I nursed. No recovery from these. I lost 3 of the 6 Leghorns to this.

That is the worse case. Best case, she is getting the machine pumping and will recover. If it goes for a month, I'm afraid we are past that.

In short, there is a chance that she has issues in the plumbing. Can be called reproductive tract cancer or infection. Bottom line is that it is fatal.

Best wishes with what you decide. I learned and choose not to prolong the suffering. Beautiful creatures these chickens.

 

[lovemyjjbs]

How old is she? Is she acting listless? Moving slowly like something hurts? Tucks her head and sleeps all the day? Stays by herself?

I started with 6 Ideal Easter Eggers 3 years ago. After this last winter, one was listless and moving slow. I was told that it takes time to get the egg machine pumping again. She started laying soft and then rubber eggs a couple months back. Finding several shell-less eggs in the nest also. I culled her and she had several masses in her abdomen. Search lash egg to see what I saw. The pictures, advanced cases, will be with the Leghorns that I nursed. No recovery from these. I lost 3 of the 6 Leghorns to this.

That is the worse case. Best case, she is getting the machine pumping and will recover. If it goes for a month, I'm afraid we are past that.

In short, there is a chance that she has issues in the plumbing. Can be called reproductive tract cancer or infection. Bottom line is that it is fatal.

Best wishes with what you decide. I learned and choose not to prolong the suffering. Beautiful creatures these chickens.

I'm not 100% sure on her exact age. I believe my neighbor said she's 1.5 yrs old. She's full of energy, free ranges all day and is very active. She lays 1st thing in the morning and then never goes back to the coop. Do you think it could be a sign of her getting ready to molt? Of course out of all the hens, it has to be my sons favorite. They are oddly attached to each other. Every time she sees him she runs to him to be picked up.
The 1st week I had her, her eggs were a perfect green with a hardy shell. 2nd week they started getting like a sandpaper feel to them. Last week the shell stated getting very thin and delicate. Now for 2 days in a row they have been rubbery

 

[RUNuts]

I'm not 100% sure on her exact age. I believe my neighbor said she's 1.5 yrs old. She's full of energy, free ranges all day and is very active. She lays 1st thing in the morning and then never goes back to the coop. Do you think it could be a sign of her getting ready to molt? Of course out of all the hens, it has to be my sons favorite. They are oddly attached to each other. Every time she sees him she runs to him to be picked up.
The 1st week I had her, her eggs were a perfect green with a hardy shell. 2nd week they started getting like a sandpaper feel to them. Last week the shell stated getting very thin and delicate. Now for 2 days in a row they have been rubbery

Molt usually occurs in fall. Mine molt in September when the light is shortening.

Possibly just a hitch in her giddy up. As long as she is energetic, watch her.

 

[Zukeypur]

Our loudest is the Australorp. We don't hear much out of our Ameraucana. The Australorp is talkative most of the time, while the Ameraucana just lets us know when she lays and when she's mad.
Good to know the leghorns aren't abnormally loud. We have a yippy dog next door that we complain about, and we can't complain too loudly if we have noisy chickens.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Ours don't even molt. I did have one that seemed to but I think that was a genetic error on her part. She grew pin feathers on her neck. Probably a southern thing.

 

[DaEpicChick]

Ours don't even molt. I did have one that seemed to but I think that was a genetic error on her part. She grew pin feathers on her neck. Probably a southern thing.

One of my chickens grew pin feathers on her neck too.
What breed was your chicken?