Chicken update: soft shelled egg

Two weeks ago, I walked by the chicken run and noticed the Red Sex Link just squatting in one spot. Not lying down and resting, but awkwardly squatting. "Hmm... that doesn't look good."

An hour later she was squatting awkwardly in the nesting box with clear fluid coming from her vent. Crap.

Rachel says to gently feel her abdomen to try to figure out what's going on. Internet says to bring her inside and put her in a warm water bath to help relax her muscles.

I go back to get her, and find that she has laid a soft-shelled egg.

Phew! This is just something that happens sometimes. If it's a one-off, it's nothing to worry about. She laid a second soft egg the next day, then one with a semi-soft shell two days after, and then was back to normal.

Meanwhile, the Blue Laced Wyandotte has FINALLY stopped being broody. Not sure if she's back to laying yet, but she's wandering around the run with the other two, and sleeping on the roosting bar instead of in a nest. I guess after six months she had to give up on her dream of being a momma.