Amber’s egg

Yesterday afternoon Amber looked unwell again. She has been so much better recently but yesterday afternoon she looked really poorly again and I knew another egg was on the way.

I have been giving her daily limestone flour and cod liver oil in mash. I encouraged her to eat by dropping sunflower seeds in front of her which she did eat. At bedtime Amber is usually on the store cabinet with Sparkle but I expected to find her in the nest box with Topaz as this is where she usually goes when she feels unwell.

To my surprise Amber was stood on the top of the cabinet. As I got closer I realized that she was stood over her egg and must have just laid it. I picked it up and it was incredibly thin shelled. It was dented where the shell would move as it was touched.

Amber’s egg

The other side of Amber’s egg

I put the girls to bed and when I went in to them this morning Amber had as usual bounced back to normal again. It seems no matter what I give her she still has this problem with her eggs. It worries me that one day an egg will break as she is trying to lay it.

I know there is nothing more I can do to help her though and I just hope she can keep passing her eggs. Every time this happens I think I am going to lose her but yesterday my husband said that she would bounce back once her egg was laid and he was right. This morning you wouldn’t know she had a problem. I just hope to have her for as long as possible.