ok what's up eggs with no shell

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Ok, is it possible for a chicken that has laid several eggs with no shells or shells that are so thin I cannot get them out of the nesting box without breaking them to start laying again? I don't want to cull this girl but I don't know if she is doing nothing because I am not finding weird stuff anymore or if she simple has shut down forever or she is laying, my production is down but I think I recognize her eggs, they were always light brown at the top and went to darker at the bottom but I don't know? She's a sex link.

 

[classicsredone]

Does she have access to oyster shell? It sounds like she may not be getting enough calcium.

 

[teach1rusl]

Is she a new layer? If so, when did she start laying? If she's an established layer, how long has this been going on? Do you provide oyster shell free choice??

 

[ECBW]

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I have a Production Red that started to soft-shell. Diet has not been changed. Calcium supplement is readily available. She seems healthy and no change in behavior. My only guess is that she is over 2 years old. The farmer that sold me the bird said she always replaces them after 1 year of production because they get unstable afterward.

This maybe inherent to egg production hybrids. My Leghorn of the same age is laying nice eggs, only smaller and lower rate.

 

[Avalon1984]

Have they been molting recently? Some of mine did that shortly after getting out of the molting stage.

 

[scrambled please]

I have free choice oyster shells.
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She is only one year old but was laying for a few months. I don't think she has laid for months now and she is fat and a nasty bird too. I do have oyster shells free choice and she did stop and peck at them but she didn't take any. Her comb is no longer dropped over too; it is kinda interesting to watch.
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[tellynpeep]

One of my BSLs has been doing that for a couple of months (!) now. She's in otherwise good health with a good diet. It's not a calcium deficiency, but I suspect something wrong with her shell gland. I'm hoping that it will improve after she goes through a moult and gives her system a rest, but I'm still waiting for that....

 

[scrambled please]

yes she does.
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[scrambled please]

thanks that is what I will do too.
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