Eggs

[2leggedroost]

Finally our new chickens produced an egg and 1/2 but they are soft and have no hard shell. Feed is standard from a bag with goodies given every day. Is this normal? Do they harden up? They look weird.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Try feeding oster shell-free choice. It sounds like they need more calcium.

On the eggs. And

 

[gumpsgirl]

Good morning and

!!! My chickens started laying their first eggs last week and had soft, rubbery like shells also. I put out some oyster shell, just like Farmer Kitty suggested, and switched them over to the layer feed. That has straighten the problem out! I am now getting nice hard shelled eggs. So put out some oyster shell and also make sure that you are feeding the right feed.

 

[2leggedroost]

Found out from the breeder. Hormones are the likely cause for soft shelled eggs. The problem will sort itself out in time as the chickens get older.

 

[All about the EGG]

All mine did rubber eggs. Now they are nice hard shells. Only feeding a mix of Chic go and extra egg 16.