Hillsider
Chirping
Hi everyone!Hoping you can lend your expertise here. I bought 6 ISA browns (ready to lay) in June. By July, I was getting 2 misshapen, watery eggs pretty regularly and instinct tells me it was the same 2 birds laying these. 4 were always perfect. Recently, 1 of the chickens laying the oddballs came down with something that looked like vent gleet. White discharge, blood, a real mess. Nothing prolapsed. I tried everything I could find online - soaking, washing, yogurt etc. but sadly she didn't make it. Now this morning, I see another with the same issue. She laid yesterday and I see no signs of her being eggbound. I have isolated her but I'm now fairly sure this has to do with the odd eggs I was getting. I'm sure tomorrow morning, with her isolated, I will have 4 perfect eggs in the nesting boxes. Does anyone have any idea what's going on with my birds? They have adequate space, light, food, water, oyster shell. I have googled like crazy but I am at a loss. Were they just "defective" to begin with? Should I be worried about something contagious?