2 year old is laying shell-less eggs after being sick

[Saborucci]

Our hen, Ruby, has had a tough 2020 like the rest of us. She stopped laying early in the year and then became very sick a couple of months later. We took her to the vet and he suspected pneumonia (early June). After a round of antibiotics (that was fun) she has returned to her normal active self. She still wasn’t laying though, until this week in which twice she has laid shell-less eggs. Quite the mess.

Any ideas if she will lay normal eggs again naturally or is there something that we should do? She seems to have have a healthy appetite for her layer organic feed. Oyster shells are available to her but she doesn’t seem to touch them.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Our hen, Ruby, has had a tough 2020 like the rest of us. She stopped laying early in the year and then became very sick a couple of months later. We took her to the vet and he suspected pneumonia (early June). After a round of antibiotics (that was fun) she has returned to her normal active self. She still wasn’t laying though, until this week in which twice she has laid shell-less eggs. Quite the mess.

Any ideas if she will lay normal eggs again naturally or is there something that we should do? She seems to have have a healthy appetite for her layer organic feed. Oyster shells are available to her but she doesn’t seem to touch them.

I would just let her recover some more and see if she starts laying normal eggs again.

 

[Isaac 0]

Our hen, Ruby, has had a tough 2020 like the rest of us. She stopped laying early in the year and then became very sick a couple of months later. We took her to the vet and he suspected pneumonia (early June). After a round of antibiotics (that was fun) she has returned to her normal active self. She still wasn’t laying though, until this week in which twice she has laid shell-less eggs. Quite the mess.

Any ideas if she will lay normal eggs again naturally or is there something that we should do? She seems to have have a healthy appetite for her layer organic feed. Oyster shells are available to her but she doesn’t seem to touch them.

Sounds like the Pneumonia sent her reproductive system out of wack.

As long as you’re not giving her any antibiotics, she may benefit from a calcium supplement like Calcium Citrate, Gluconate, or some crushed tums.