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- Jul 31, 2013
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Oh man. Today is the second day Dolores has had egg shells for dessert. I did pick up some sea kelp and all the chickens are getting a sprinkle in their food. So this morning I had 3 white eggs. Dolores had less scarring or "body checking" one member called it. it was still a thinner shell than her sisters but all seemed fine and dandy. Then earlier this evening Dolores was in the kennel with the other girls... 4 others, and i noticed she was getting picked on. She hid in a corner so i put the bully away and removed Dolores after seeing some dripping coming from her back end. clear albumen looking dripping. figured she had a sloppy poop so brought her inside to gently rinse her off. when i had her back end near the water she started to squeal ever so slightly. then i saw her vent straining and i figured since she'd already had an egg that she was having another problem altogether. i had no clue what to do but hold her and hum to keep her calm. she had all her weight in my left hand and seemed unstressed. then another tiny squeak and she passed a rubber egg right into my right hand. that egg had the body checking scar... it almost looked like it was open just a bit. but it wasn't leaking.
two eggs in one day. dang. i am worried for her. did she produce a good egg yesterday thanks to the eggshell? did she pass a good egg this morning too for the same reason but then produced a second egg because of the kelp... it was mentioned that kelp is a powerful kick to help with egg production. did Dolores create an inner egg but didn't have enough for the shell?
eegads. too many questions. I asked my husband to take a photo of the egg. just the egg. zoom in on it to show the flaw. of course he got all of his lovely bride and very little of the egg but i am including the shot just to give you and idea of the size of the egg and the location of the body checking.
Dolores seems to be in good spirits. i know the others pick on her because she jumps. maybe because she's the weakest? sure hate to see her stress about it. she often jumps up onto a ladder rack just to avoid all the drama down below. that's why i figured she wasn't eating enough... i know she's getting fed when i feed her myself. i know she's getting eggshell and kelp and oatmeal.
maybe i will lay off the yogurt. maybe she is lactose intolerant.
i will be keeping an eye on her as usual. my hunch is that tomorrow she won't be laying an egg at all or will lay one late in the day.
maybe i am doing too much. maybe i should just separate the bully and relieve the stress producer. or maybe i will outfit Dolores with a pair of boxing gloves.
ugh.
two eggs in one day. dang. i am worried for her. did she produce a good egg yesterday thanks to the eggshell? did she pass a good egg this morning too for the same reason but then produced a second egg because of the kelp... it was mentioned that kelp is a powerful kick to help with egg production. did Dolores create an inner egg but didn't have enough for the shell?
eegads. too many questions. I asked my husband to take a photo of the egg. just the egg. zoom in on it to show the flaw. of course he got all of his lovely bride and very little of the egg but i am including the shot just to give you and idea of the size of the egg and the location of the body checking.
Dolores seems to be in good spirits. i know the others pick on her because she jumps. maybe because she's the weakest? sure hate to see her stress about it. she often jumps up onto a ladder rack just to avoid all the drama down below. that's why i figured she wasn't eating enough... i know she's getting fed when i feed her myself. i know she's getting eggshell and kelp and oatmeal.
maybe i will lay off the yogurt. maybe she is lactose intolerant.
i will be keeping an eye on her as usual. my hunch is that tomorrow she won't be laying an egg at all or will lay one late in the day.
maybe i am doing too much. maybe i should just separate the bully and relieve the stress producer. or maybe i will outfit Dolores with a pair of boxing gloves.
ugh.