No shell on egg

[Mamahenbliss]

This morning I found an egg in the coop that had no shell then my kids came home check the coop and I had three more eggs but one with no shell. Is this from the same chick? Or different? All my hens were born between January to February this year. I feed from our local feed of 16% layer feed and then twice a day I throw out scratch grains with black oiled sunflower seeds . Then I just feed them left over veggies and fruit from what I cut up for the kiddos.

 

[igorsMistress]

If they’re just starting to lay it can be normal. What are you feeding them? They need calcium and often what’s in layer feed can be insufficient. I would start by adding oyster shell free choice, perhaps increasing protein to 18% and cutting off the scratch and BOSS or giving it on a limited basis. They should get no more than approximately a tablespoon of extras per day after feed. Their feed contains the nutrients they need, boss and scratch dilute that.