I have golden sex links and tonight I found half a soft egg shell and a Yoak. It that normal ? Any advice would help. What do I need to do.? I have oyster shells in a pan in there.
Alright great to have you joining the BYC flock BYC has a very useful learning center Normal yes ,,,, I grind up old egg shells in the blender and add it to the feed and the feed has been soaking in water so then tend to eat it all and not push it to the side .........
Hello and Welcome To BYC! Are your girls young? Shell less eggs are usually just a glitch in the egg laying system and they are especially common in new layers or in birds just coming back into lay as as they get their egg laying system into gear, so unless you are getting a lot of them or one bird is only laying shell less eggs, they are usually nothing to worry about. If you have oyster shell on the side and are feeding them a commercial Layer feed, they should be fine.
Hello there and welcome to BYC! As Kelsie has said, as they age and refine their egg laying machines, the eggs will improve in quality. This is very common in young layers. Keep them on layer feed and oyster shell on the side and pretty soon you should see some nice eggs in the boxes. Enjoy your flock and welcome to ours!
Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help. X3, some chickens just lay weird eggs. But sometimes it also depends on the bird's diet, life and housing. Stress, poor nutrition, age lack of water or calcium or too little or too much light can effect their laying. If your bird is young though, this is very normal. Good luck with your flock!