I have a 5 year old Buff Orpington hen, and the last few months I've noticed that about once every couple of weeks she lays an egg with no shell. It's just the skin around the egg white and yolk! I've been giving my chickens crushed egg shell every couple of days, and she is STILL laying these eggs.
Yesterday she spent the entire day in the next box. She would come out a couple of times to eat and peck around, then she would go right back into the nest box. Yesterday evening she finally laid the egg, and once again, it had no shell.
Today she is doing the same thing as yesterday. She's been in the nest box most of the day. She was on the roost for a while as well and the whole time she was up there she was squatting. I was feeling around her vent and it's not hard, but it's kind of bulging. She won't eat or drink today, because she wants to get the egg out.
I've never had this happen before and I don't know what to do! Is she egg bound, or is it just her age?? I've read that baths help, but will that work when the egg doesn't even have a shell? Any help would be VERY appreciated!
Yesterday she spent the entire day in the next box. She would come out a couple of times to eat and peck around, then she would go right back into the nest box. Yesterday evening she finally laid the egg, and once again, it had no shell.
Today she is doing the same thing as yesterday. She's been in the nest box most of the day. She was on the roost for a while as well and the whole time she was up there she was squatting. I was feeling around her vent and it's not hard, but it's kind of bulging. She won't eat or drink today, because she wants to get the egg out.
I've never had this happen before and I don't know what to do! Is she egg bound, or is it just her age?? I've read that baths help, but will that work when the egg doesn't even have a shell? Any help would be VERY appreciated!
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