15 month old EE with laying issues

[CiscoChickens]

Since you know what the egg looked like, then this article might help you out!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

 

[aart]

I can try giving her some crushed Tums in yogurt if it persists. Getting just one girl to eat something is a challenge around here as everyone feels the need to get in on the action. I would prefer not to isolate her unless it is absolutely necessary.

Very sorry to hear your gal has to be on the 'list' @aart

I put a single bird in a crate to give supplements. Bust up the pill into small pieces in feed dish, or try to get her to eat them out of your hand.....eventually she would gobble them up right out of my hand.

The cull list is a reality when keeping chickens, not fun, but they are delicious.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

Since you know what the egg looked like, then this article might help you out!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

Thank you! Hmm.. none looked like the Monday egg, but.. we have had really low humidity here the past few weeks to go along with our hellacious winds. As I write this, the humidity in the coop is 26% and our outside humidity is 11%.. YIKES.. that could be the cause of the shell-less and thin shelled eggs.

 

[aart]

As I write this, the humidity in the coop is 26% and our outside humidity is 11%..YIKES.. that could be the cause of the shell-less and thin shelled eggs.

WaitWhat!?!? How do you come up with that?
It just means you might need some more ventilation in coop.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

WaitWhat!?!? How do you come up with that?
It just means you might need some more ventilation in coop.

One of the reasons listed for the shell-less and thin shell is huge humidity shifts. Our outside humidity shows 11% and the coop humidity shows 26% our house showd 25% ‍. All I know for sure is we usually have lower humidity here, but the past few weeks have been really, really low.

 

[aart]

One of the reasons listed for the shell-less and thin shell is huge humidity shifts. Our outside humidity shows 11% and the coop humidity shows 26% our house showd 25% ‍. All I know for sure is we usually have lower humidity here, but the past few weeks have been really, really low.

Hmmm....it does indeed say that...and I assume that @sumi did due research....but,
not sure I'd attribute it to your specific situation...but maybe.

 

[sumi]

Temperature and humidity does influence egg shell quality to some extend, though there are a number of causes for egg shell quality issues.

@aart this may interest you: http://www.academia.edu/2762668/Temperature_and_Relative_Humidity_effects_on_Egg_Production

 

[aart]

Temperature and humidity does influence egg shell quality to some extent, though there are a number of causes for egg shell quality issues.

@aart this may interest you: http://www.academia.edu/2762668/Temperature_and_Relative_Humidity_effects_on_Egg_Production

Maybe link should be in article?
I skimmed the paper...looks like high humidity was a factor when temps were high enough for heat stress(heat stress definitely affects leg quality and quantity...and note that the study was in a tropical climate.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

This whole scenario is just odd! I really wish now I’d taken a picture of that silly egg!! It seems weird to me that since she’s been laying eggs and eating oyster shell on her own that she would all of sudden stop her intake of it. I know that sometimes they just do weird things. This one certainly has me puzzled since there is absolutely no sign of illness. Hopefully she’ll give me another egg today.

 

[aart]

Chicken issues are often hard to accurately diagnose and 'fix'.
There can be several, or multiple, causes for an issue.

I have a chronic thin shell layer, none of my other 13 birds have this issue, so it's her anatomy and/or chemistry that's to blame. Exactly what the problem is I have not a clue. Trying to supp calcium, been doing this for weeks(tho not consistently enough to maybe make a difference), with no improvement. It's frustrating and time consuming(cleaning the nests) and disruptive to the flock(I believe that once they get a regular taste of broken eggs, some will start to seek them out and begin disturbing birds on the nest).

Sorry we can't give you a pat answer like 'here do this the the problem will be gone',but that just not how it works most the time.