First eggs-soft shelled.

[Mrs. K]

Every so often, no matter what you feed them, you will get them. It is just a glitch, and really there is no way to prevent the occasional one. If you are feeding good feed, don't worry about it. And really any feed additive would take a great deal of time to effect the quality of the shell. The survival of the species depends on good shells, most birds will produce good shells unless nearly starving. Short term changes to the diet will not effect shell quality.

Long term poor diet could lead to poor quality eggs and shells, but not short term. Put out the oyseter shell, feed back their shells to them, give them some greens occasionaly, and daily feed good commercial feed, and you will have more good eggs with an occasional whoops, did not stay in the system long enough.

Mrs K

 

[chickamy]

Normal - Calcium should fix it.

 

[navymom1101]

I have 3 hens who are all 19 weeks. One of my White Leghorns started laying 2 weeks ago. Her first egg was perfect, she skipped one day and has laid every day since then with perfect eggs. My RIR laid her first egg 3 days ago and hasn't laid since. That egg was a huge double yolk. This evening when I went out to close the coop, there was a paper-thin egg about the same size as the eggs the first Leghorn laid as well as an egg with no shell at all. Weird. From everything I've read here (I love this site!) none of this is unusual. They are on layer feed with oyster shell (free choice). I'm hopeful that things will improve soon! This my first time raising chickens and I'm completely hooked!

 

[Tamllp2]

I have 6 young chickens, about 4 months old. They have started laying. I have had several soft or thin shelled eggs. A few hard she'll also. Recently started feeding a layer feed. Hope it will improve soon. Any ideas or comments...