Egg W/ No Shell??

[Lovemy3hens]

Tonight as I was tucking the girls in and collecting the eggs, I found one that did not have a shell??? It was the feel of jelly-fish (kind of) and broke in my hand as I tried to clean it up. I have never had this happen before. What causes this, and is this serious? Is my chicken okay?

 

[ScissorChick]

I've seen many 'deformed' eggs that (normally) young hens, and older hens lay.

However 'middle aged' hens can lay them also. Two days ago I got an egg just a tad

bigger than a quarter

This is an accident of the hen's reproductive system and is

not necessarily an indication of any problem.

watch this:

 

[AinaWGSD]

nah, it's normal. As long as it's just a once in a while thing and not something that happens consistently or repeatedly I wouldn't worry about it. If it happens often, then you may need to increase the calcium available to your hens (adding free choice oyster shell or crushed egg shell, reducing the availability of treats so that they are eating more of the layer feed) or you may need to keep an eye out for a hen that looks sickly as a consistent issue with the reproductive tract that might cause shell less eggs could also increase the risk for internal laying. But once in a while is nothing to worry about.

 

[Deanner03]

It happens from time to time. If it's frequent, I agree with the PP about more calcium.

 

[Willowsong69]

Totally normal. Usually happens to pullets and hens starting a new laying cycle. No worries.