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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...

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.

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...

Normal to see some glitchy eggs from new layers and it's generally not indicative of a long term issue. Soft shelled eggs are harder for chickens to pass so it's not unusual to find them under a roost, for example. If she continues to have thin or unshelled eggs, then you could try...