Flimsy first eggs! Please help!

[Citychick42]

I have 5 blr wyandottes and they are about 22-24 weeks old. I have started them on purinas layena food, and we have grit in their run. The thing im worried about is their eggs. We think 2 chickens are laying (not sure if its one or two) and they've layed 3 healthy hard brown eggs. Today I went out to check on them and there were 2 soft eggs in their coop. The eggs were see through and felt like water balloons. One brake in my hand as i was carrying it to the trash.Please help! Any suggestions would help!

 

[pookiegoldman]

Give them Ground up OYSTER SHELL! The calcuium will harden their shells. Leave a bowl in their coop or wherever they are and keep enough in it, so they can choose to eat it. Also, feed them any egg-shells you have, just make sure to crush them up first.

 

[mommyofthreewithchicks]

Yep they need the calcium. Every egg I eat I ground up the shell and put it in their coop so they can decide if they need it or not. I have also sprinkled it into their food like salt. Oyster shell in a small dish for free choice 24/7

Their eggs should be hard before too long.

 

[Nostalchic]

I have had a few of these also, and I think they are just an anomaly. My hens have free choice oyster shell and all that, and generally lay nice hard-shelled eggs, but on a couple of occasions I've found the water-balloon eggs too - seems like early in their laying careers. I think it's more a matter of some error of transit time thru the oviduct as they're getting going with this whole egg laying thing. I wouldn't worry about it, honestly, but I do think that oyster shell or other calcium free-choice supplement is helpful in maintaining good quality shells over time.

 

[Citychick42]

thanks everyone! Going to get oyster shells tonight!

 

[fordmommy]

If she just started to lay...it may be that her body might just need to adjust to laying. Sometimes it takes a couple eggs to "work out the kinks". They are usually called soft shell eggs. I wouldn't worry too much. Her body will adjust.