Hard shell & soft shell on same day

[AnaD]

Is this sort of thing common for a newly laying pullet? She just started the 13th of this month. Her eggs have been small, but she lays them around 9-10am. This afternoon she layed a soft shell this around 8pm also. Will this mean no egg tomorrow?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Are you sure it's from the same girl, and you don't have 2 of them working on laying?

 

[AnaD]

I'm sure. Only two are laying so far and they always put their eggs in the same spots. I watched her sitting on the first egg in the morning and then in the evening she was acting weird and half closing her eyes and squatting a bit. I was worried about how she was feeling when she started to push. Poo came out first and then out came an egg right in the grass where she stood.

 

[rhodered10]

yes that is common at least with my girls it was, when they are starting to lay this may happen a couple of times and yes it does mean no egg tomorrow, i have seen them lay the second soft shell egg before and it looks very painful for them so if you see a girl that is very reluctant to move has a very blank look on her face and if u see her with her tail pumping she may be laying a second egg. my girls never laid their second egg in the nesting boxes, they always laid them outside because they knew it was a bad egg. all it is is tomorrows egg coming out early, and it should fix itself when the hen gets on a regular schedule for laying her eggs, it shouldn't be anything to worry about unless if it happens very frequently.

 

[AnaD]

She just layed another egg right on time this morning! It was small like last mornings egg, but a wee bit lop sided. It was normal in color and shell...