Chickens laying soft shell eggs

[SAHMof2]

I ended up losing my hen from what I think was another soft stuck egg. This is the second hen I've lost in three weeks after over a year (my first time being a ckn lady) of owning them.

Would oyster or increased calcium stop these soft/stuck shells?

 

[roz]

This is not necessarily the case in your situation, but I had a hen die a couple weeks ago after laying 3 soft shell eggs in 3 days. I didnt know what caused it, but then this weekend one of my great egg layers (they are all just over a year old) laid a shelless egg. I thought she was eggbound, but turns out she was infested with worms. Yesterday before I knew she had worms I spent the day giving her water with acv in it, water with molasses in it to flush things out, and pedialyte. She drank and drank all of the things I gave her. I ended up giving her two warm mild soapy baths, one of them today, and she was finally able to push out the broken shell along with a whole mess of roundworms. She then popped out a rubbery egg. I am mentioning this to you because my chickens really had no symptoms until they were really far gone. I bought some wormer, and am worming the whole flock. So far the second chicken of mine that got sick is still alive and she's "talking" and eating again, so I'm hopeful she'll recover. Good luck.

 

[SAHMof2]

eeek!

 

[Yay Chicks!]

If you don't have easy access to oyster shell, you can clean, dry and crush egg shells and feed those back to them. Some cook briefly in microwave or oven, but if clean, that is not absolutely necessary.

 

[chickenman98]

Mine have oyster shell but one still lays soft eggs.

 

[Rainbow Dash]

They are probably low on calcium. Give them some oyster shells.

 

[bassin fool]

Thanks, we''ll give it a try!