You sound like you are a really genuinely nice bloke who want whats best for his birds. good luck and I hope you find out whats causing the deficiency soon :question:

I have seperated the cock bird, placing him back in the aviary. I am trying to resolve a heating issue with my hospital cage (seems to have malfunctioned at the worst possible time) as i had decided to remove her and try and get her out of egg laying mode.

 

I have done all that i can for now, blocked off the nest box, removed the male, given oral calcium + vitamin d3.

 

She passed the egg yolk this morning that i assume should have been part of the white that was passed yesterday. She seems to be a lot more settled but i am almost certain she will try and lay at least one more egg before i manage to switch her off. Im just hoping she passes the next egg okay and that is the last of it. Will keep an eye on her Fingers crossed!

Good job....you are on the ball

Unfortunately I don't have my notes with me, but it sounds like she may have a problem with the shell gland (aka uterus). Either the egg is passing through too fast and not getting enough calcium laid down on to it, or there is a problem with it... Or sometimes soft shelled eggs just happen, like a blip in the production line and tend to happen in a young bird just starting to lay.

Here is a link :

Soft Shelled Eggs

i really hope the little hen will be okay and if you use her to breed with later on that no problems will occur.

 

best wishes,

xx Elise xx

hope all is well with the hen, keep us updated.

Just an update on the hen. After passing what i assume was the yoke (the day after passing the egg shell/egg white), the hen immediately looked more relaxed and the next day had minimal tail pumping (little if any above normal).

 

She is still in a seperate cage away from the aviary, and i am considering putting her back in the aviary in the next couple of days. Either way, she seems to have recovered and was fortunate to not have laid (or attempted to lay) any more eggs.

That's great to hear

glad she's okay. Good luck!

good to hear she is okay