No eggshell Sunday

[FirstLadyChickens]

So funny thing happened the other day, we were looking for which Chicken on the roost had bumblefoot so we were picking up the chickens to look at their feet, one of them must have gotten scared because a egg fell onto the ground. But the weird thing is it has no shell! Just that film that encases the yoke, has this ever happened to anyone else? The picture doesn’t do it justice, it wobbles like Jello and feels like a water bed

 

[theoldchick]

Pullet just starting to lay will lay soft shelled eggs on occasion. Mature hens may lay a softie once in a while but a hen routinely laying soft-shelled eggs might indicate something more serious such as an infection or the diet is not meeting her needs. I love the way the rubber egg feels in my hand, too!

 

[Fuchsia]

Are your chickens new to laying?
Newly laying hens will sometimes lay strange eggs.

 

[FirstLadyChickens]

Are your chickens new to laying?
Newly laying hens will sometimes lay strange eggs.

Our chickens are about 2 years old (almost)