Ok, I wonder if anyone has any insight here. Had a weird thing happen.
Happily, our French Marans (Fifi) had her first egg this morning. It was tiny and had a nice hard thick shell.
Then, this evening while I was removing a cage from the run (we have a recently feathered girl I introduced a few weeks ago and finally removed her cage) I noticed a lil 'water' coming from Fifi's bum. She was outside the run but not far.
A few minutes later, I see Fifi pecking away at a very soft egg shell. Now, i have one other chicken laying-age (who has NOT laid yet to my knowledge), but not sure if it was hers or Fifi's. I took it away promptly, but I wonder what the situation is...
Does this ever happen with first time layers? Do chickens ever just 'drop' a soft egg outside the run on concrete? What about the watery substance coming from her? She gets plenty of oyster shell and looks very health to me...
Help!
Happily, our French Marans (Fifi) had her first egg this morning. It was tiny and had a nice hard thick shell.
Then, this evening while I was removing a cage from the run (we have a recently feathered girl I introduced a few weeks ago and finally removed her cage) I noticed a lil 'water' coming from Fifi's bum. She was outside the run but not far.
A few minutes later, I see Fifi pecking away at a very soft egg shell. Now, i have one other chicken laying-age (who has NOT laid yet to my knowledge), but not sure if it was hers or Fifi's. I took it away promptly, but I wonder what the situation is...
Does this ever happen with first time layers? Do chickens ever just 'drop' a soft egg outside the run on concrete? What about the watery substance coming from her? She gets plenty of oyster shell and looks very health to me...
Help!