A shell less egg?! That sounds messy...
I’ve had a first layer (buff Orpington) who laid a soft shelled egg as well as a non shelled egg all at the same time. It just happens with first layers. Their bodies need to get used to a new normal I guess.
Hm. Very interesting. I guess I should be prepared for that when my 4 original girls start laying!I’ve had a first layer (buff Orpington) who laid a soft shelled egg as well as a non shelled egg all at the same time. It just happens with first layers. Their bodies need to get used to a new normal I guess.
Yeah sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn’t. As long as you have oyster shell (free choice) or layer feed you should be fine.
My Orpington is just the kookiest chicken you could ever meet. She lays while molting and goes broody while molting. She is so weird!
That's funny.Yeah sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn’t. As long as you have oyster shell (free choice) or layer feed you should be fine.
I would think it’s fine. I did read that egg shells aren’t as good for calcium because they don’t last the whole night (which is when their egg shells develop) but if you have the calcium grit stuff you should be set!That's funny.
I actually went to buy oyster shell the other day and the guy at the feed store said they haven't been able to get any in for awhile. Not sure why. But he sold me calcium carbonate grit, which I'm hoping works. And I also wash, dry and crush every egg shell I have and put that out for them. Hopefully they'll be good with those options!
I’m not an expert but have learned from lots of reading that the true Ameraucana chickens don’t come in the colors of the ones in your pictures. They’re all EEs, so Ameraucana crossed with another breed…they should lay a colored egg but some end up laying brown or white depending on what they are crossed with. I would think your Ameraucana BO cross might lay green when she lays if that is the cross
Darn. That sucks.Oh. I really need to stop buying eggs/chicks/chickens from people on Kijiji and trusting that they are telling me the whole truth or actually know what they're talking about.I have bought purebred Ameraucana eggs. Ended up with these two apparently mixes. Bought 12 lavender Orpington eggs, ended up with 4 lavenders, 1 blue/mixed something and 3 black ones.
And all my salmon faverolles mixes the lady was pretty sure would be pure Salmons favs, but at least she didn't promise. She also was almost certain Ruby was just an early developing pullet! (But she said if she was wrong she'd take him back so I didn't have another boy to butcher)....
Easter Eggers.
