I have 6 laying hens, and one of them is laying eggs with no shell AND no membrane (I think). It started about amonth ago.
There is always a mess in the nest, egg white and yolk, and it is generally all over a good egg. I am gone to work all day while it is happening, so I can't tell who is having issues out there, but one of them is. I wonder if the hen is having issues while laying a good egg, or if a hen is laying a shelless egg on top of a good one, so it just gets all over the good one.
Either way, it's grose. I am always cleaning out the nest boxes so they don't stink like rotten egg.
They are free range, but I live in MN and of course, winter just ended. I feed them layer pellets, and scratch and they have greens regularly. What the heck.
I do have a Rhode Island Red who is really runty. She is so small I wonder if her eggs are too big for her, or if there is something wrong with her. Can't tell. She seems fine otherwise. I'm not sure if its her, just a hunch.
Has anyone had this problem before?
My Motley Crew: 2 Black Austrolorp's, 2 Buff Orphington's, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Light Brahma, McKenna the Scottie, and Raven the 'attack poodle'.
My Motley Crew: 2 Black Austrolorp's, 2 Buff Orphington's, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Light Brahma, McKenna the Scottie, and Raven the 'attack poodle'.
