Azaia
Chirping
The soft egg in the picture is on the compost heap.
One of my Burford Browns has been laying a small collection of strange eggs this week. She's still a pullet and it's winter here in England though she hasn't gone through a molt that ive noticed and im with them quite a lot.
Her eyes have always been quite bloodshot since I got her about 4 months ago. Before this week she's always happy, chirpy and is quite high up in the pecking order.
However this week the initial sign that something was amiss is when I noticed she'd left a small soft egg right out on the run which is not her usual spot. on the same day, she laid a normal egg which was half the size of her usual egg. Again, this is a first for her, she's been laying about 2 months.
Normally her eggs are VERY speckled. They've always been this way.
But then today, she laid a slightly larger egg than normal which was soft but with some calcification and attached to one end was a twisted umbilical-like cord that was open ended and seeping the contents.
She looks down in the dumps today, head hunched and not upto scratching. She was absolutely fine yesterday, she happily pecked away at a suspended treat toy filled with strawberries and arugula.
None of the other girls in the flock are affected. Theyre on Marriages Farmyard layers pellets and have access to oyster shells so I don't think calcium deficiency is an issue. They also have multi kits and ACV added to their water.
I would really appreciate some guidance.
One of my Burford Browns has been laying a small collection of strange eggs this week. She's still a pullet and it's winter here in England though she hasn't gone through a molt that ive noticed and im with them quite a lot.
Her eyes have always been quite bloodshot since I got her about 4 months ago. Before this week she's always happy, chirpy and is quite high up in the pecking order.
However this week the initial sign that something was amiss is when I noticed she'd left a small soft egg right out on the run which is not her usual spot. on the same day, she laid a normal egg which was half the size of her usual egg. Again, this is a first for her, she's been laying about 2 months.
Normally her eggs are VERY speckled. They've always been this way.
But then today, she laid a slightly larger egg than normal which was soft but with some calcification and attached to one end was a twisted umbilical-like cord that was open ended and seeping the contents.
She looks down in the dumps today, head hunched and not upto scratching. She was absolutely fine yesterday, she happily pecked away at a suspended treat toy filled with strawberries and arugula.
None of the other girls in the flock are affected. Theyre on Marriages Farmyard layers pellets and have access to oyster shells so I don't think calcium deficiency is an issue. They also have multi kits and ACV added to their water.
I would really appreciate some guidance.
