My Three Chicks
Crowing
One of my 22-week old pullets has been laying shell-less eggs. She's now laid 3-4 over the last 3 weeks. She has not laid a normal egg yet (they eat layer feed and have free access to oyster shells). She's been 'laying' them at night on the roost and I find them in the poop tray in the mornings. However just a few minutes ago I maybe turned away for less than 5 mins while the 4 girls were just playing around in their run and she laid a shell-less egg right there on the ground in the middle of normal activity! I didn't see it happen but I definitely know that she wasn't sitting there on the ground in laying mode!
So I ask...do shell-less eggs get laid (forcibly pushed out) by a hen? Or does it just kind of fall out involuntarily like poop?! I ask because it seems to me like maybe they just come out?? So confused. First time chicken mom of 4 here.
So I ask...do shell-less eggs get laid (forcibly pushed out) by a hen? Or does it just kind of fall out involuntarily like poop?! I ask because it seems to me like maybe they just come out?? So confused. First time chicken mom of 4 here.