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[Otter]

We had a massive egg on Friday - 89gs, then noticed on Saturday that she had lost LOTs of feathers arround her bottom and a sore scabby patch somewhat south of her vent. We dusted both hens with red mite powder and thoroughly cleaned the eglu. This morning we have a TINY egg - 50p size. Not much food has been eaten since friday - I added verm-ex and spice to the layers pellets. Any advice?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Sounds a bit like pecking . Any signs that she's being picked on by her pal?

 

Don't know if the huge then tiny eggs could have anything to do with it . Might just be a coincidence?

[sandyhas3chucks]

perhaps she had a little prolapse after the big one & they started pecking her???

[The Dogmother]

You don't say whether she is young or not. Youngsters aften have irregular laying cycles, whch would explain the egg query. As for the scabby bum; it's hard to tell without seeing her, but you've treated her for lice, which would have been my first move too.

[Otter]

Thanks. She ate more yesterday, no fresh blood and a normal egg. It's good to know that I took the actions that you would have. I will make sure the eglu is kept extra clean and keep up the spice/verm ex etc. Let's hope the feathers/sore sort them selves out soon!