This happens every so often in the Spring with some of my hens, too, when their egg laying apparatus is gearing up. Now is their big push to lay eggs, holler about it and go broody. It doesn't necessarily mean they are ill. It's also not unheard of for a hen, especially a young one, to lay an egg followed by another the next day, so I suppose it's possible for her to lay two in one day...are you positive it was her? Watch them closely for any signs of illness--listlessness, not eating, drinking or carrying on normally, losing weight, etc. Check their bottoms for soiled or bloody feathers, and make sure they aren't bleeding from their vents. If an egg has rough calcium deposits on the outside, it might have torn them a bit on the way out (this happened to one of my hens about a week ago, now she's fine). Check their poops for worms and their feathers for mites, and make sure their water and food is fresh and not musty or moldy--same for their foraging area. Nesting material needs to be fresh and dry. If they look healthy and carry on normally, I'd say watch and wait. Check for any more bloody eggs, and bloody bottoms. If they are bleeding from their vent, isolate them to keep other birds from pecking at the blood, treat the bleeding with Kwik-Stop (a powdered styptic, get it at the pet store) or corn starch will staunch bleeding in a pinch. I've got a chicken info site here that may help more, here is the page on 'Health': http://jackshenhouse.com/VSChickHealth.htm Velvet ~:>

definatelty should be checked before you fly. So you have a primary care doc that can check it out for you. Flying can present problems if it is a blood clot. that's what a friend of mine was told, she didn't fly that day and ended up going by ambulance to the hosp that night when the clot moved and blocked cirulation in her arm.

First of all, are you talking about a hematocrit, hemoglobin count, or total red blood cell count? Those numbers could be either very scarry or almost normal, depending upon what you are talking about. What are the units? Depending upon the cause of the anemia, changing your diet may or may not have any effect. There are 3 general categories for causes of low RBC counts: destruction (usually an autoimmune, infectious, or cancer cause), blood loss (GI bleeding is the most common source), or reduced production, which can have many causes (cancer, kidney failure, or any missing "ingredient" in the RBC-producing pathway could all be causes). If your anemia is caused by an iron or vitamin B deficiency, then increasing your intake of those will help. But for most causes of anemia, changing your diet isn't going to help. You really need to see a doctor. Symptoms of anemia are related to lack of oxygen- dizziness, lack of stanima, weakness, inability to catch breath, etc. Please give us more information about what measurement you are using for your RBC count and any relavent health information (do you have kidney problems or cancer), etc.

I awoke with some in my lungs over a couple of years and over a half ago: the pain woke me. I'd had an MRI? guided shot to shrink varicose veins just over a couple of weeks earlier, with about three more scheduled for later. They weren't sure that was the cause, but when the vein clinic heard of it, they cancelled the other treatment schedule in a hurry. They did X-rays and MRI, I think, at emerge, with CATscan the next day, but gave me a shot of blood thinner at emerge, with needles to give myself for about 6 days, while starting taking Warfarin pills, which I'm still doing. Keep hounding your doc(s) and the hospital. This ain't nuthin' to fool around with. ole joyfuelled ... who's been in good shape, the whole time, since