chicken laying egg with no shell, just membrane...

[gmendoza]

Its just a rubber egg.they need oyster shell or crushed egg shell in their diet.you can free feed it to them,or what we do it feed it once weekly in their feed on saturday.about 1 tablespoon per pound of food.

 

[one_hen_owner]

I gave her eggshells, maybe they are not crushed very fine. I'll try to crush them in food processor.
Can it be because my husband fed her raw brown rice that was not in refrigerator and spoiled for maybe whole month when i was not in city?

 

[RoseyCheeks]

I just went to clean out my hen house and saw a broken bloody shelless egg and about came unglued...called hubs who proceeded to freak me out even more (my 3 y/o likes to try and kick the birds) and then thought, I'd see what you folks had to say...

WHEW!

All my girls are under 7-8 months and only 2 lay so far... now at least I know what I'm probably dealing with.

Thanks!!
Rosey

 

[Knowon Special]

Dear Rosey Cheeks,

Hi, I am new to this forum, but am a mother and grandmother, and have only had my tiny flock of chickens for a few months (2 senior Turken hens, 3 Rhode Island Red pullets, and a RIR rooster) and . . . . . . . golly, I'm pretty sure this could get me into trouble, but while reading through this thread, your post being the very last, I was almost in tears! I hope this doesn't get me banned from this forum for speaking out. . . but apparently, since there is no other post following yours and it was posted in 2011, I'm guessing that no one ELSE thought anything of it, or if they did, they are too nice to say anything. I guess I'm not very nice . . . .

You LET your three year old "try" to kick the chickens?? What in the world are you thinking woman?? I have 6 children, 15 grandchildren and I have never allowed ANY of them to "try" to kick, squeeze, swat, chase, whack with a plastic toy, back up and try to sit on ANY animal/pet. Children are supposed to be raised to be respectful of life, especially helpless creatures who depend on humans for their very lives. It isn't cute, it's bad behavior. And it should be dealt with, the child needs to be taken aside and told in the strongest terms that it is a "NO", NOT acceptable. And then reinforce that NO however your discipline process works. Otherwise, if you can't do that, then you need to remove "ONE" or the other of your "pets" from the area/home so that the weaker one (the chicken) is not terrorized by the bigger one (your child).

In case you "missed" it in the earlier posts, STRESS can do realllllllly bad things to chickens. I guess you don't consider being chased by a "being" over 8 times your size, who may or may not actually connect with that foot hurtling towards them to be stressful??

I worked in a vets office for almost 5 years when I was younger and the number of "pets" who came to us because some over-indulgent parent thought it was "cute" to see their small child, toddler or youngster "play" with the new ____________________ (puppy/kitten/easter bunny/easter chick/hamster/guinea pig/ferret . . . ). I saw these pets with crushed toes from being stepped on, cracked hips from being "sat" on, one little kitten with her tail chopped off because "junior" put her under a metal trash can and then SAT on it, her tail was caught out and painfully severed. I saw puppies and kittens with dislocated front shoulders from being picked up and carried around under their "armpits" like a ragdoll with their entire body weight being suspended by those delicate joints by children whose parent thought it was "so cute" to see junior take pet with him all over the house. . . .

Then there were the (rare, thank God) times we were brought family pets who the family wanted destroyed/euthanized because they had snapped at/bitten/scratched/growled at a child. Now, please understand, I personally would never tolerate a pet that "out of the blue" or because of a temperament issue went after anyone, especially a child . . . . but I'm talking about "family pets" who the family had owned since they were very young, pets that had been raised with the babies/toddlers and they ALWAYS said the same thing "We just can't understand it, poochie was so loving to junior, they "played" together all the time and poochie has NEVER displayed any sign of this. . . . we just don't know how this could have happened, how our sweet pet could turn so aggressive .. . . he has always been so tolerant and loving with junior . . . ."

So, after talking with mommie and daddy, what sort of "play" was junior into? "Playfully" pulling poochie's ears/tail/hair . . . or taking poochie's food away - out of their mouth . . . . or stuffing them into a closet/drawer/box/trunk, or chasing pet, or running over them with the hot wheels/tricycle or giving poochie a bath in the toilet (poochie in that instance was a tiny chihuahua - had so much water in his lungs he got pneumonia and almost died . . . (probably would have been kinder to him to let him die than to live with the torment that eventually led to have him put down because likely he was only trying to protect himself 7 months later from the little monster). . . .

I'm sorry if this offends you, and you can excuse it and rationalize it all you want, I don't care. All I can hope is that your child, who is now 5 years old isn't pulling wings off butterflies, because as the RESPONSIBLE parent I pray you are, you stopped him from EVER "(my 3 y/o likes to try and kick the birds)" doing that again.

/sigh ok, this is my first post to this terrific website and I guess we'll see if it ends up being my last . . . I'm not a jerk, really, I just don't understand how people can turn a blind eye or deaf ear to the pitiful cries of the helpless. Of course, maybe this thread is so aged that no one reads it, but I'm hoping that the "notified when others reply" button is checked for whomever needs to understand.

 

[southtexas]

Dear Knowon,
I teach 1st grade and totally agree with you. Forget all that self esteem baloney and teach at an early age that no means no!






































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[pegm]

Amen. If they start off with no respect for living things, then they grow up having no respect for living things, even humans.
We are seeing the evidence of this every day now and the newest "game" is the "knockout" game, or "polar bear hunting", whatever they want to call it.

 

[Knowon Special]

Thank you! I know that in "today's world" everything (and I mean everything) is supposed to be "for the children!", which I think is a bunch of crap (chicken, cow, donkey, sheep, take your pick, crap is crap!)

The Lord gives us children "on loan". We are to take care of them, love them, teach them, discipline them, be the example for them and THEN after they grow up, we will enjoy being WITH them because they will have grown into wonderful adults and they will WANT to be near us. . . . . because with children of their own, they realize what a tough job it is to be a parent and how luck they were to have had good ones to have shown them how (notice I did NOT say "perfect" parents, those don't exist, we all mess up!).

You know "they" say that there is no Learners Guide to Parenting, that no child comes with an instruction manual, well, as usual, "they" are wrong. The Guide should have been their parents, the instruction manual should have been God's Word. . . . LOL sorry, I just feel so strongly about all the clap-trap "It takes a village to raise a child" BS - - NO, it doesn't, it STILL takes JUST TWO PARENTS, a MOM (female) and a DAD (male) just like it ALWAYS has.

Again, thanks for the note of support, I appreciate it.

Knowon Special
Just outside of Commerce, TX


sorry for going all "political" heheh didn't mean to . . . guess I need to go listen to my hens "sing" for a bit, very relaxing!

 

[Wytchlynd]

We just found our first "shell-less" egg and found the following helpful.

"Soft or missing egg shells (sometimes called shell-less eggs) are quite common in older birds, especially high production hybrids / good layers, especially as they come into or out of lay for the season. A ‘soft shelled egg’ is one that has a membrane but no shell.
This short clip shows you the difference between a thin egg-shell and a soft egg without a shell, just the membrane:
Back garden chicken-keepers are often concerned when they find a soft-shelled egg so this article aims to provide information about the causes of these strange eggs...
https://poultrykeeper.com/egg-problems/soft-thin-or-missing-egg-shells/

 

[Yorkietown Mayor]

I started with six 2 day old chicks, but only wanted 4 hens. Once they grew to 18 weeks I found all were hens and began enjoying daily egg production. I've had Dogs all my life and also found chickens do not have the same respose as any dogs I've ever had. And this is good, because my reasoning for having this type of animal is for food consumption. I live in a City where chickens are not zoned to keep in my neighborhood. However I built a large Coop and designed it to match with my backyard landscape. My chickens get clean water and live in a clean environment. I found some chickens have the tendancy to Complain and very loudly, if they don't get what they want (Nesting area, treats, Free range, etc.) And Not all do this! When I decide to relax and read outside on my deck, I have one hen that immediately starts squaking and jumping on the mesh signaling to let her out and as much as I try to deter her by swinging a small trap against the cage, she will retreat for a few seconds but goes at it again. At that time I go into the cage and she immediately hunkers down, showing sudmission, at which time I place her in a nesting box and close the entrance. By doing this the others are now quiet and I get to have my peace and enjoy the hard work I put into designing my get away backyard! Going on my second year of enjoying having fresh eggs and a couple Chicken meals I am down to three chickens and if I ever decide to consume the others I can turn the Condo Chicken coop into a nice outdoor patio which is a few feet away from my BBQ Island.. At one time eggs in my part of California were over $5.00 a dozen,, They have since lowered to $1.50 a dozen and I pay more to feed my chickens than buy them at Aldi's, but it's great to step out side and not have to wait or drive to the store to get them! So yes, I have 4 small Yorkies, that are my Kid's, and if I treated my chickens in the same way it would be difficult for me to prepare them, for food on my table! And they are DELICIOUS!!