Eggs with very soft shells..?

[skatcatla]

One of my girls seems to have a glitch. She keeps laying eggs with these very soft shells, almost like water balloons. They sort of split open on touch.

I don't understand why...she gets the same feed, free-ranging time and access to oyster shell as all the other girls. Anyone have any thoughts to what's going on?

 

[silkiechicken]

If she is a new layer, it can take time for her system to get used to the egg laying thing. If it is an old layer, her system could be taking a break and just not working right at the moment. Sounds like you have the food and supplements down so other than that. Not sure.

 

[skatcatla]

Thanks silkie, I guess they are somewhat new? I'd say they've all been laying for between 1 and 3 months. The weird thing is, I'm not exactly sure which girl it is!

 

[lauracarmer]

I've had two of these weird eggs over the past week except the shells were a bit harder and don't split open. These girls have been laying for maybe 3 weeks now at the most, so they're fairly new.

You know what I'm realizing? Eggs are weird!

 

[roosters97]

give her some oystershells.

 

[Smitty's Farm]

It might be the stress from the construction. Was it before they moved into the new coop or after the move in? Did anything change in their environment?