soft shell eggs

Hello! We are new to having our backyard chickens, they are 8 months old now (6 of them) and we live in CO. All of the girls seem to be happy and doing well, we feed an organic 18%-layer feed available to them in their feeder in the run at all times, as well as oyster shells in a bowl...

Hello!! I have a 2-year-old flock of Buff Orps, RI Reds, White Orps, Black Australorps & some mixes. Traditional good layers. Today, I checked on them several times, like usual, and each time I found an egg mess in a nesting box. No shells, no shell pieces, but fully broken yoke and white...

hi there, my duck Mango has laid a perfectly fine hard egg this morning. however this afternoon she’s laid a soft shell egg followed by another one less than an hour later. she’s 2 years this november so it’s not her first lay. she has also got a good diet, layer feed eggshells and mealworms and...

My EEs are 22 weeks old. At least one started laying 2 weeks ago. She laid a few normal but small eggs. Then about a week and a half ago, she dropped a shell less egg right in front of us on the poop board at 9 pm! Since then, I have been getting a minimum of 2 shell less eggs a week. This week...

At least 2 of my 4 EEs started laying 2 weeks ago. I know abnormal eggs are common in the beginning but I have gotten 4 shell less eggs in 2 weeks. They are perfectly formed other than no shell. My girls get grower feed and have free choice oyster shells and occasional toasted egg shells. My...

Hello I’m 1 year new to the backyard chicken experience. We have 5 young hens that are all beginning to lay at the same time. We also have 4 that have already been laying. I have found the leftovers of 2 eggs (only the white and a a little yolk), 1 I found the soft egg broken and just now, a...

I have a slight issue one of my ducks is not laying and possibly responsible for some soft shells I have seen around the yard. I don't know who it is but they are on layer feed and have oyster shell in a separate food bowl. All of my ducks are around 2-3 years old and there is one drake for 3...

My 18 month old Americana has been laying long pointed eggs with soft ends. I have posted a pic of the 2 she laid this week. I often find her eggs broken in the nest. She is a small hen but very friendly and appears to be healthy. I have been taking her aside lately for a competition free meal...

to preface, i'm not very experienced with chicken anatomy. yesterday i noticed one of my hens had a broken soft shell egg stuck in her vent, she tried to push it out every couple minutes but it wouldn't dislodge. i wrapped her in a towel & gently pulled it out with a paper towel. i noticed a...

I'm not entirely new to keeping chickens but this one has me stumped. I've got 6 pullets between 15 & 17 weeks old. 2 EEs, 2 GLW, a Freedom Ranger & a White Leghorn. I also have 6 older girls 2-4yo. Last night after all had gone to roost, I found a single soft shell egg in the run. I'm assuming...

Hello, I'm curious about an egg issue, and I'm still new to this! I have six hens and five of them began laying in early July. They all lay consistently in their two nest boxes. But, within the last week, I have found two chalky-whitish rough texture eggs: one on the grass in the run (they're...

I have got some egg questions. I have 9 ducks (2 drakes, 7 hens), White Layers and Golden 300's who are prolific layers. They turned 1 last August (2017). They started laying in January 2017, (back when we had 8 hens) and once they all started laying, I was consistently getting 8 eggs a day...

I have a very small black star who has been laying a daily shell-less egg for 2-3 months now. She also has multiple bald patches, looks like she's in molt, but that has lasted for 2-3 months as well with no further changes to her appearance. She's otherwise acting perfectly normal; active, eats...