eggs have soft shell

[Chick_Lit123]

my bantam hens laid eggs that have soft shells--one that actually burst in the hen house. this is the first time it's happened; other eggs have been fine. might it have anything to do with them eating fertilizer put on lawn today?

 

[True Grit]

I think it sometimes just happens. If they have oyster shell they should become normal again. I hope they spit the fertilizer out!

 

[Uniontown Poultry]

This happens from time to time with hens (it is fairly common when new young girls start to lay), and usually it's just something in her egg cycle that slipped a gear or something. I agree with adding oyster shell & waiting it out for a week or so.