Help... Eggs half formed

[jbatchelder]

We have been getting fine eggs (one a day)from one hen for about 4 weeks now. She does have a tendency to peck them if she has no food, or tips over her food tray (darn kids dont get there fast enough)...But now for two days in a row there is two eggs in he nest and they are half formed with no shell covering on top and a membrane over the yolk, what is wrong??? I am so in the dark here being new to this and all... thank you

 

[KellyHM]

What are you feeding her? Does she have oyster shell available for extra calcium? How old is she? If she's pretty young it might just be b/c her system is working things out.

 

[jbatchelder]

Shes about 5-6 months old and is being feed a layer pellet food. I dont have oyster shells for her, Didnt know how much/when etc.... Im expecting the other one (we have 2) to lay soon, I dont want the same thing to happen to her too if its something Im doing wrong....

 

[derby]

Leave a dish of oyster shell out. They will peck at it as they need it. In a pinch - boil up some egg shells, ground them up a bit, and put that out until you get the oyster shell.

Derby

 

[gritsar]

Shell-less eggs are fairly common with new layers. As the others have said just be sure and offer her free choice oyster shell and I'm sure she'll work the kinks out of her egg laying system.

 

[swtangel321]

also for egg peckers you could put fake eggs or golf balls in the nest she lays in !!!! The shelless eggs are b/c shes young, after giving her oyster shells and after she lays a few eggs the should get better !!! There systems have to get use to egg laying.