Eggs dropped with no shell

[renehewitt]

My hen is 13 months old and is dropping eggs with no shell then all the chickens eat it.What can be causing this? I feed then layer by duram and I always have a bowl of grit in the coop.I am afraid they will start eating the shelled eggs in the coop.This has been going on for awhile.

 

[iwiw60]

Grit or oyster shell?

 

[renehewitt]

Grit I read on here once to give them grit and to buy it from walmart in the pet department. The other birds have no problems. Should I change to oyster shell? If so where do I get it?

 

[iwiw60]

I get mine from my local feed store. If yours doesn't carry it on the shelf have them order it for you.

 

[renehewitt]

Thanks I will get them some and see if that helps.

 

[renehewitt]

I purchased the oyster shell and it hasn't helped. When I open the coop door in the morning all the chickens run out and every night the chicken who lays the egg without the shell looks like she cant make it back to the coop.Sometime I have to carry her its hard to explain she looks like shes cramped up? But in the mornings shes fine. Any idea whats wrong with her? I thought about culling her but I don't want to .Any advise? She still lays eggs with no shell also.

 

[Eggcessive]

Chickens need vitamin D as well as calcium, and usually get some from the sun. Try feeding her some crushed egg shells as a treat--my girls love them. She may be having some signs of egg yolk peritonitis or internal laying, which can happen after soft shell eggs break inside. Here are a couple of good references about egg quality problems:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems
http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/egg-laying-issues/index.aspx

 

[renehewitt]

Thank You, I will give her shells and read more.