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Salmon started laying a month ago and had been laying about every three days. She last laid five days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Salmon laid soft shelled eggs the year before last but last year it was if she was fixed and she laid normally all year. This year she has been laying fine until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just don’t understand how they suddenly start having a problem laying. After Marmite it is so frustrating to be back here again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I picked Salmon up to have a look and she had a very mucky bottom. Salmon often lays her eggs with a bit of poop on them so I suspect there is something not quite right with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I decided to bring Salmon in and give her a warm bath. I thought it would get rid of the muck and might relax her vent so that she could get her egg laid. I bathed her in warm water and then gently towel dried her then finished her off with the hairdryer on a low setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I kept Salmon in the cat box in the bathroom until she was completely dry then returned her to the run. I knew she would be happier out in the run. Salmon seemed to perk up a bit when back in the run but she soon returned to looking hunched again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am so upset to have this problem again so soon. I am afraid that she is going the same way as Marmite and if she can’t get an egg laid soon then we are going to lose her. This is so sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other news Smoke has come through her broody spell. She has been out in the run for the last couple of days. We had our first, six egg day, at the end of last month when Ebony started laying again and only Spangle missed laying that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ebony laid for two weeks then stopped again and we have only been getting one egg a day for the last four days. Two of these days were Shadow and one was Spangle and then today Ebony laid again after a weeks break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am steeling myself for not having a good outcome for Salmon and am feeling a bit disheartened at the moment. I feel we will know over the next few days and I will update with any further news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Just when I thought that everything had settled down with the flock it looks like Salmon has a problem. A few days ago we noticed Salmon was in the hunched position that usually means an egg laying problem. We wondered … Continue reading