First Egg with no shell, is it possible? 'normal'?

[itsmechrissy]

So earlier today I got my first egg (yay girls!).... but I just went to change the water and found the girls in the run huddled around what looked like an egg with no shell, the were eating away at it. I opened the run to let them hang in the yard for a bit while I did the water change etc.and took the waterer away to fill it. Three of my four girls left the run as I was getting the waterer.

When I returned Morticia (the forth girl) was still there and there was what looked like a broken yolk and egg whites where the waterer had been. Morticia was eating away at it and the other girls soon joined her. There was no shell at all...

I know it's not odd for first eggs to be small or have softer shells, but no shell? Is that 'normal' too? What do you think?

 

[sadies chicks]

Yep totally normal, it sometimes takes them a few tries to get it right. This is what I found the first day they laid.....

 

[itsmechrissy]

Very good to know... Morticia is the friendliest of my girls. She's such a sweetie, has always been kind of a lap chicken. I think it was Natasha that laid the other egg (which was small but had a fairly hard shell). Both Natash and Mortish started doing the squat thing the other day! Having chickens is such an adventure! d

 

[sadies chicks]

Yes it is!! Something I never thought I would get in to, but so glad I did!!

My Ginger (New Hampshire Red) laid a soft-shelled egg INSIDE another soft-shelled egg this weekend. The poor thing is having a rough start