Buildup on egg

[FrannyLW]

what is this on the egg? This is my second egg with these things on it. Most of it crumbles off but generally the tip it stays on. Fine inside.

 

[DobieLover]

It's excess calcium.
Can be caused by extra calcium without access to forage and also lack of water. Can be caused by stress and the egg stalls in the reproductive track and gets extra calcium deposits on the shell.
Do you have a heated water source for your flock?

 

[FrannyLW]

It's excess calcium.
Can be caused by extra calcium without access to forage and also lack of water. Can be caused by stress and the egg stalls in the reproductive track and gets extra calcium deposits on the shell.
Do you have a heated water source for your flock?

No heated water but they have access to alot of water. I'm there before work lunch and after work making sure the water is not frozen.

 

[aart]

What all and how exactly are you feeding?
How old is this bird(only one bird laying these?)?

 

[FrannyLW]

mixture of a tractor supply food and this new food I found from My Urban Coop. just lacks calcium which I have to add. Now I have 3 chickens, all about 9 months old, just started laying 3 weeks ago. I get 2 eggs a day now (with 3 chickens). Out of all the eggs, only 2 had this, (last week and today). and cannot tell you which bird is laying this.

 

[DobieLover]

mixture of a tractor supply food and this new food I found from My Urban Coop. just lacks calcium which I have to add. Now I have 3 chickens, all about 9 months old, just started laying 3 weeks ago. I get 2 eggs a day now (with 3 chickens). Out of all the eggs, only 2 had this, (last week and today). and cannot tell you which bird is laying this.

Do you mix the calcium into the feed or leave it in a separate container?

 

[aart]

mixture of a tractor supply food and this new food I found from My Urban Coop

Knowing the percentages of protein and calcium would help.
Should be on the tag send into bottom of bag.
...or a link to the exact products you use.

 

[FrannyLW]

Do you mix the calcium into the feed or leave it in a separate container?

I did have it in a separate container but since they like to dig around the dirt and straw it was getting mixed up in the bowl, or should I say the bowl started getting hidden. So now if I just feed "My Urban Coop" calcium gets mixed in (because there is no calcium in that food). Where as Tractor Supply has the calcium.

 

[DobieLover]

I did have it in a separate container but since they like to dig around the dirt and straw it was getting mixed up in the bowl, or should I say the bowl started getting hidden. So now if I just feed "My Urban Coop" calcium gets mixed in (because there is no calcium in that food). Where as Tractor Supply has the calcium.

Can you post a picture of the label on the bag of the "My Urban Coop" feed you use? The only thing I can find when I Google that is a layer feed which would obviously have calcium in it.

I keep my oyster shell in a hanging 3-lb chicken feeder like this:

Doesn't tip over, easy to refill and stays clean.

I would recommend you stop putting the calcium in the feed and offer it on the side. That being said, I would put them on an All Flock type of feed with 16 - 20% protein with calcium on the side as well as grit on the side. I also use a hanging feeder for the grit.

Anything left in bowls is bound to get stepped in, pooped in and knocked willy nilly by the chickens.

 

[FrannyLW]

ok I have a container like that I can use. And I have NO IDEA where I read there was no calcium in that food cause I was ready to post the ingredients and NOW I see oyster shell! Like, where did that come from LOL. Maybe I was reading something else. I do have a separate bowl for grit but if the coop is out in the dirt and they are constantly eating everywhere, (food bowl and ground) is grit still needed? Just curious. Anyway, thank you for everything and like I said, 2 eggs with that deposit out of maybe 18 eggs so far ain't bad. I LOVE how one hen has to run up to show me there is an egg in the nest!