I posted a week or two ago about the \"incredible shrinking eggs\" in my DD\'s bantam Ameraucana coop. I felt much better after reading the posts, but then we found yet another tiny robin\'s egg and I started to wonder if there was a problem. Since the 2 blacks lay bluer eggs than the wheatens I figured one of the blacks must be laying them. Today my daughter found one of her black birds laying fluffed up and lethargic, tail down, head drooping. My immediate thought was that this was the tiny egg layer and she must be eggbound or have some other problem with her \"egg machinery\". I felt her abdomen and I don\'t feel a mass, but we massaged her tummy in a warm bath for a while and I\'m keeping her warm and quiet. She is now still alive, but unresponsive, and there is mucus coming from her beak. I don\'t expect her to live much longer. Does this sound like an egg problem to you? The other birds in the coop seem fine, although I\'m going to keep a very close eye on them. My daughter\'s only 8 and while she\'s a trooper it\'s always hard on her to lose a bird, and \"Lucy\" is one of her show flock. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
