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[RWise]

I currently have a hen that does the 2 eggs thing right after skipping a day. So I get 1 day with 2 and the rest of the week just 1 for 7 eggs per week from her.

 

[webbysmeme]

Is your bird really blind?

Are you sure you checked every where yesterday?

Yes she is. One eye is completely closed, the other eye is a bluish cloudy grey. I have got right in her face trying to find out if she can see. She can't.

 

[webbysmeme]

Were all the eggs normal? Sometimes a hen will accidentally release two or even three yolks instead of her normal one a day. If they release then all at the same time you might get a double or triple yolked egg. If they are released at different times each yolk may make its way down the hen's internal egg making factory and form a separate egg. A hen normally only makes a certain ab=mount of egg material in a day, shell material for example, so some of the eggs could be really thin shelled or even with no shell. They may be unusually small. But yes, it is possible for a hen to lay more than one a day.

What likely happened, especially if all eggs were normal, is that the eggs were laid over a time period and you didn't see them. Sometimes the eggs get lost on the bedding. Hens often scratch when they are preparing the nest for them to lay an egg, that can help hide them.

This has happened a few times on the forum. When you get unbelievable egg laying like this you should be really suspicious. Some people have reported pullets 11 weeks old laying. Multiple eggs show up like this. Do you live with a practical joker? Someone that would enjoy yanking your chain like this?

No, no jokers around here. I looked the day before and there were none. I'm just puzzled.

 

[Kiki]

Yes she is. One eye is completely closed, the other eye is a bluish cloudy grey. I have got right in her face trying to find out if she can see. She can't.

How long have you had her?

 

[webbysmeme]

How long have you had her?

She is one of three that I bought at the town auction. I know, big mistake! I got somebody else's problems. The other one thatI call retarded , just walks around in a tight circle. And the third one is the widow of a mean, violent rooster that I had to shoot. He knocked me down and attacked me several times. She is the one that has been laying.

 

[Kiki]

She is one of three that I bought at the town auction. I know, big mistake! I got somebody else's problems. The other one thatI call retarded , just walks around in a tight circle. And the third one is the widow of a mean, violent rooster that I had to shoot. He knocked me down and attacked me several times. She is the one that has been laying.

I'm sorry.

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post a picture of the cloudy grey eye? The one that runs in a circle could have wry neck. They also can walk backwards, and have a twisted neck with wry neck symptoms. Treat with vitamin E, thiamine, and selenium ( found in egg, tuna, nuts, and sunflower seeds. Wry neck can be a symptom of head injury, vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, head injury, or infectious diseases such as Mareks disease.

 

[Kiki]

9 jars of pickled eggs, cucumbers, beets, green mators made & labeled to be sold at Tuesdays farmers market. Quarts are $10 each. Cabbage worms have done a number on my GA collards too. No fresh veggies to be sold by me.

Oppsies Jane.

 

[LDSmama]

I'm sorry you're having difficulties with your hens. However, may I ask you to please not use the R word? If it is possible to edit your post to remove it, that would be fantastic! In case you weren't aware, the R word is very offensive - even when referring to chickens. It simply has far too much negative history associated with it, and is no longer considered an acceptable term.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

I'm sorry you're having difficulties with your hens. However, may I ask you to please not use the R word? If it is possible to edit your post to remove it, that would be fantastic! In case you weren't aware, the R word is very offensive - even when referring to chickens. It simply has far too much negative history associated with it, and is no longer considered an acceptable term.

Thank you for saying this, I was just thinking of how I could say it tactfully. You said it good thanks!