First egg!!! But it had no shell Ho Hum

[buzymom13]

Well we were excited and disappointed. We got our FIRST EGG this morning and it was laid in the nest box!!!! But it was without a shell and it was a big mess... Are we doing something wrong? Our chickens are just 17 wks today and we are new to chickendom... any advice?

thankx guys!

 

[reesepoultry]

First time layers usually lay there first egg like this. I wouldn't worry. Unless you get more like that.

 

[emys]

Put some oyster shell in there if you don't already have some available. Nothing to worry about, it happens with new layers. You will have your homemade breakfast soon.

 

[bigstack]

Congrats!!!

My first one was a super soft shell, and they layed it from the roost! I know your feelings! LOL It's been 3 weeks now and they are laying in the nest! Yeah!!!! It's so funny that they all use the same 3 nest boxes. I gave them 16 boxes for 23 hens. But they want to use the same one. LOL The ladies are coming along GREAT! Only about 6 laying now but the rest are coming in, a new layer every few days.

I love my Chickens! " Their Deliscious!"

.....and super sweet!

God Bless!

 

[buzymom13]

Oh thank goodness...I thought maybe all my researching and reading on BYC and the internet was for not...

I have been putting oyster shell out but alas I have been not putting it out everyday lately since we hadn't seen any eggs yet. I will be diligent now with it.

Will it be long before we see more eggs if this one was like this? I'm figuring it was probably my leghorns since I read they lay earlier than others.

Thankx!

 

[julie1015]

I've had soft-shell eggs too here and there, but I'm thinking it's just each hen getting started one at a time. Because I'm also getting some nice hard shells too. I've got oyster shell out for them.
I'm sure you'll start getting some good eggs soon, but it sure is a pain to deal with those soft shells in the meantime, and hard to be patient!