First egg rubbery. Normal?

[mlecreason]

I have 5 New Hampshire Red hens. One is laying, and has layed 5 eggs that are small, but the shells are hard, and thick. The yolks are dark, and the whites hold together unlike store bought!

Before work I checked, and no eggs. After work I checked, and apparently my kid locked them out of their coop, so they congregated onto their bag of food. Underneath one was a rubbery egg. It had broke already, and yolk, and whites were sliming all over the totes the feed bag sits on.

Is a rubbery egg normal for a newbie?

 

[mlecreason]

I should note that they get layers mash from IFA, they are around 22-23 weeks. They get baked egg shells for treats, they roam our backyard and kill all our bugs for us. They have water on demand, and even get the occasional table scraps.

 

[junebuggena]

Completely normal, even if they have adequate calcium available. It just means that the egg production system isn't in perfect working order just yet.

 

[aart]

Yep, very common in new layers...can take up to a month or so for everything to smooth out.