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First time seeing something like this:
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I think it’s from one of my July-August ‘23 pullets.
Typical egg mass in the flock is 38-45g.
Thanks; the assembly pictured above had kind of a sweet/yeasty smell. There was definitely a flaky/powdery component on the outside… I buried it about an hour ago in fear that it would begin to rot.I'm a little undecided if that's a lash egg or not, it's hard to tell. It likely is, but the flaky stuff around it is a bit confusing.
Bacterial salpingitis can be treated with antibiotics, viral cannot. There's no easy way to tell the difference so treating it as a bacterial infection is the route to go if you're hoping to save her, but there's usually a recommended egg withdrawal time depending on what you choose to dose her with.
I have a hen that's almost 6 that laid lash eggs in year 4 and year 5. I treated with enrofloxacin each time. Other than the fact that she hasn't laid since the last lash egg, she looks and acts quite healthy. So it's not necessarily an instant death sentence.
In the future I'd flat out throw those away as there's a small possibility of passing on any infectious agent to the other birds if they somehow access it.Thanks; the assembly pictured above had kind of a sweet/yeasty smell. There was definitely a flaky/powdery component on the outside… I buried it about an hour ago in fear that it would begin to rot.
Thank you! I did not know this.Bacterial salpingitis can be treated with antibiotics, viral cannot. There's no easy way to tell the difference so treating it as a bacterial infection is the route to go if you're hoping to save her, but there's usually a recommended egg withdrawal time depending on what you choose to dose her with.
Thank you for this, even more!I have a hen that's almost 6 that laid lash eggs in year 4 and year 5. I treated with enrofloxacin each time. Other than the fact that she hasn't laid since the last lash egg, she looks and acts quite healthy. So it's not necessarily an instant death sentence.
I've seen it all over the place. Some folks think it's better to just put them down, and I think I've read a few accounts of birds living normal lifespans afterwards. I think not only is bacterial vs viral infection one part of it (due to treatability), but also the severity and frequency of the lash masses. Some birds lay massive clumps of lash material or do it frequently, and I'd have to imagine the prognosis is poor in those cases.I had only read that after contracting salpingitis, the outlook was dim, and that the life expectancy was 6-12 months.
i had this issue after i gave my girls a bag of spinach - eggs w/no shell!! researched and found out the oxalic acid (super high in spinach) sucks the calcium out of their blood stream and leaves them none to use for their shell. they must be eating some veggies somewhere. if you find the source you can google how much oxalic acid is in the veggie. you can also supplement with Vitamin K. i put the small pill in some cream cheese, which they loved. got things back to normal. bestWe have a small flock of Rhode Island Reds. Three hens and a rooster that are a year old. One hen has laid exclusively soft shelled eggs for at least the last 3 or 4 months. It's possible that she's never laid a normal egg but it's difficult to say for sure.
Most days she drops it from the roost. A few days a week she drops one in a nest box.
All hens are on layer pellets with available oyster shell. I've seen this hen eat the oyster shell but not often. We gave her calcium/vitamin D pills every day for a week on two different occasions. No change.
I doubt it's EDS as none of the other birds are having any issues and it's been so long that I'd expect it to have run it's course already.
She's otherwise healthy and active.
At this point I'm thinking it's a physical condition of some sort that she likely won't recover from. Is there anything else it could be?
i had this issue after i gave my girls a bag of spinach - eggs w/no shell!! researched and found out the oxalic acid (super high in spinach) sucks the calcium out of their blood stream and leaves them none to use for their shell. they must be eating some veggies somewhere. if you find the source you can google how much oxalic acid is in the veggie. you can also supplement with Vitamin K. i put the small pill in some cream cheese, which they loved. got things back to normal. bestFollowing up on my original post. That hen laid exclusively soft shelled eggs..right up until this week. She's about 11 months old. We didn't cull her only because she was our favorite. Very personable. We were content to keep her around just because we liked her. Much to everyone's surprise, she's now laying perfect eggs. It couldn't come at a better time since a pack of dogs killed most of the other hens.
I'm not suggesting that anyone else stick it out and hope for the best. Chances are that it won't turn around most of the time...but for me it did.