Hi- I have a barred rock hen who is 12 months old and has been a great egg layer. She recently laid 2 soft shell eggs and now for the past 5 days she has laid a shell-less egg on the poop shelf every night. The shell is completely missing, not even a soft shell is present. I believe the other...
So we have 4 laying hens (1yr.) and 28 ten week old chicks.
Generally, we get 3-4 eggs a day from the laying girls, but lately we’ve been getting 2.
So today, there I am, hanging out, feeding the girls mealworms, when all of a sudden, CHAD SQUAT DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND LAID AN EGG WITH NO...
I have a 21-week-old splash pullet. We just found out she is the one that has been laying shellless eggs out in the yard. We couldn't figure out which one it was because by the time we noticed something was going on it was pretty much eaten by her henmates. The other girls now expect it and as...
I've had an egg business and lots and lots of chickens for years and years now. Today I found my first totally shell less egg! It's perfectly formed, with white and yolk and membrane, but no shell at all. Wow! I have 38 laying hens and have no idea who did this. Your thoughts???