I picked up a new to me chicken. They told me she is a BO but I’m not that familiar with them. Her back and tail feathers are darker and she has dots of darker colors on her neck and head. Plus, her face feathers are all sticky outy 😊 she kinda looks like she’s coming out of a molt?
Can someone...
Diva is fine- except her shelling gland didn’t magically fix itself so every few days I pick up her “egg” from wherever she drops it. She’s only done it once in the nest box. She does still go in there, happy as a clam singing to herself and comes out all proud, even though there’s no egg 😊...
This is my first season with chickens, and with the flies they bring, my pawpaws are loaded with fruit. They’re about 5 years old and we’ve only had 2 fruits before this year, so yay flies? Lol
I have hand pollinated them in the past but that mostly just involved knocking the flowers off the tree 😂
Saw a chicken vet last night. Diva has peritonitis. I have 2 weeks of antibiotics, lasix and meloxicam to give her and then we will check to see if the fluid is gone. Vet says the egg problem may reverse after the infection and fluids are gone.
Well, the vet I saw on Friday used to have chickens but really knew nothing. She was very nice and didn’t charge me. She called yesterday to see how she’s doing and wants me to keep her in the loop.
Tomorrow at 6 I am going to an actual poultry vet that grew up on a farm. Her specialty is...
Oh, forgot to post the pic from just now. The white spots in the albumen are a different consistency than the original ones. Those were creamy/pasty and these are like a gel
Since the last time I posted, we haven’t had much luck. 14 days of pills and layer boost in a separate waterer and we’ve had one intact, hard shelled egg. No pigment to speak of. The rest of the days were nothing or soft shell. I’ll call the vet tomorrow and see what she says.
Thanks for letting me know I can extend it. I will keep it up for another week or so, then go with backing off.
If it keeps up, I’d there a shot or something they can give her to stop producing? I don’t know what this is doing to her physically.
We got an egg this afternoon. 🥰
Day before yesterday she dropped a porcelain thin egg from the roost bar and it shattered on impact with the edge of the poop board. Today we got this!
Found this on a poop board just now. There was a small bit of yolk and lots of albumin. I think it was whole but shell-less. It tore when I took it off the board.
There was a smaller bit of the creamy white matter which is soft and is the same color all the way through. Should I just start with...
And not sure if this matters, but last week, she laid the little almost white egg. It’s shown next to an egg from her hatch mate. They both laid identical eggs until she went tiny and forgot to color it. I cracked it into a bowl and it looks good but I threw it all out just in case.
No, I threw it out but before I did I cut it and smooshed one side- it was creamy- the same texture and color all the way through.
If she does it again tomorrow I’ll be better prepared to pick it up cleanly and get good shots. Thank you, and I’m hoping it’s not lash material.