Luvachicken Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 One of my girls laid this sausage shaped thing in the egg box. I have seen a smaller one before but was a bit worried as this one is bigger. It was a bit like chicken inside but raw looking but not pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Its a lash, uncommon but not a bad thing, its a clear out of the egg laying system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Stuff about lashes here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 yeah, i thought it did look a bit like strange cooked egg white inside.... one of them hasn't laid an egg for a while. How often might it happen and when do you think she might lay a normal egg? Thanks ain't "Ooops, word censored!"ody here, I just had a good look at that info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahsausage Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Crikey, I've never seen one of them or heard of them! You learn something new everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riven Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 ick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Better out than in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlehenny Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Funny, I found one in our nesting box this morning! Haven't had one for ages though a while ago I was getting quite a few. I added calcium and extra grit to their feed and that seemed to do the trick, so hopefully this one is one off. My three have been laying one to two eggs a day through winter, so maybe this is a clear out and they will go back up to 3 a day now that spring seems to be appearing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Just dont eat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 One of mine laid one of these a year ago - we are still waiting for eggs from her - she is a freeloader now and is not that old - the other two are laying fine - so maybe a sign of a problem - she goes to the box for hours and lays nothing and is not broody either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Ex batt Lily laid one of these a couple of weeks ago, since then we've had a couple of eggs of her and lots of softies. she's happy and well in herself though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I made the sad decision to have my harriet put to sleep as she obviously had a problem - she looked healthy but there was something - we at the vets opened her up and her insides had obviously peritonitis and all the organs were stuck together - cannot have been nice for her and how she was still going on goodness knows - this all started after a lash and then another one so its worth watching out for as she did not lay properly for over a year now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Sorry to hear that. Lashes can sometimes indicate that the reproductive system is creaking to a halt, but equally sometimes they just appear. I've only ever had a couple. Poor Harriet - sounds as if you did the right thing in the circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 That is a shame. Sorry to hear it. You have made the right decision I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 So sorry to hear that, it is very sad when this happens. Wish they would/could simply stop laying. Rest in Peace and happy forever free-ranging little one If you saw previous post, sorry I misread thought ir was someone else posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceychristie Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Sorry to hear your bad news. Here, we had two from the girls. One was poorly, and laid one (getting better slowly) and the other was in nest box from healthy hen. Stacey X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
