HELP! MY HEN LAYED EGGLESS EGG!!!

[IloveChickens3000]

Hello everyone. I really need help. I am super scared. I had a rhode island before and she layed a eggless egg and sadly passed. I have another rhode island red hen and she layed a eggless egg right in front of me. For the past few days I have noticed she was a little slow in walking. She would eat and drink but she wouldn't really run around with the others. Can anybody PLEASE help me. She is one of my special hens. Is there any thing I can do for her? Thank you so so much to the ones that helped me out.

 

[FeatheredFriends&Horses2]

I'm so sorry! What do you mean by eggless egg? As in soft shell? Or maybe a lash egg?

 

[Please help me]

do you mean an egg without the inside or an inside without the shell?

 

[chrissynemetz]

Can you get a picture of the weird egg?

 

[IloveChickens3000]

I'm so sorry! What do you mean by eggless egg? As in soft shell? Or maybe a lash egg?

When she gave her egg, then the yolk was on the side and the shell was rubbery. I think soft shell.

 

[IloveChickens3000]

Can you get a picture of the weird egg?

Sorry I had to burry the egg. My hen was eating it. But the egg was seperated from the yolk and shell. The yolk was on the side and the shell was rubbery right next to it.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Calcium deficiency is usually the culprit for soft shell eggs. Do you give oyster shell free choice?

 

[IloveChickens3000]

do you mean an egg without the inside or an inside without the shell?

Inside without the shell

 

[IloveChickens3000]

Calcium deficiency is usually the culprit for soft shell eggs. Do you give oyster shell free choice?

No, but I do give them egg laying feed at all times. I never got them oyster shells because they don't eat grit, so I though that they probably won't eat oyster shells.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

They may eat it, especially during times you don't see. Every chicken uses grit on some level, just not much. Oyster shell breaks down faster than conventional grit so they use more of it 'cause it's a calcium supplement.

Do you feed a lot of treats? Do they free range at all? Or is their only access to any food layer feed?