egg with no shell

[thlywa]

My pullets are just starting to lay and some haven't laid yet, but one is laying daily. This morning I found a small egg with a broken yolk in the nest box. There is no shell. What does this mean? Where is the shell?

 

[toriiemariie]

Maybe one of the pullets ate the shell?

 

[Little white duck]

Maybe a calcium deficiency. Leading to shell less eggs. Or your hens are just getting used to laying and have some ups and downs

 

[Bird_Lover_17]

It's normal for pullets to lay weird eggs when they first start laying.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Did it have a skin around it? My chickens occasionally lay eggs that just have a skin, and it's normal

 

[GC-Raptor]

What are you feeding? Do you provide Oyster Shells separately.?

I offer Oyster Shells separately after 15 weeks old.

If all Pullets are the same breed/type you could mix Layer Crumbles with the Starter-Grower 50/50 till all are Laying.

I don't feed Layers feed. I like a feed with 18 to 20% Protein. GC

 

[thlywa]

Maybe a calcium deficiency. Leading to shell less eggs. Or your hens are just getting used to laying and have some ups and downs

Maybe. Most of the other shells are very hard.

 

[thlywa]

What are you feeding? Do you provide Oyster Shells separately.?View attachment 2394064
I offer Oyster Shells separately after 15 weeks old.

If all Pullets are the same breed/type you could mix Layer Crumbles with the Starter-Grower 50/50 till all are Laying.

I don't feed Layers feed. I like a feed with 18 to 20% Protein. GC

The feed is 18% protein, layers. They free range and get lots of snacks. There are crushed eggshells in the compost pile. Until this the shells have all been very hard, hardest I have handled. There are three different breeds so far. I was just worried that maybe a shell was broken inside one of them or something.

 

[thlywa]

It's normal for pullets to lay weird eggs when they first start laying.

Thank you, that is encouraging.

 

[thlywa]

Did it have a skin around it? My chickens occasionally lay eggs that just have a skin, and it's normal

If there was a skin it was broken open. I could see yolk and albumin, not a trace of shell. There could have been some sort of skin, but it is all gone now so I can't tell.