One year old and the soft shelled egg

[zazouse]

I noticed a few hours ago a hatchling from last year was in laying stance so i had been keeping an eye on her.

I saw her standing by a tree a little while ago and noticed she had layed this egg.
it is a soft shell and about the size of a small chicken egg Some one pecked it so there is a tear in it
( Photo of chicken egg next to soft shell)

The egg yoke was not developed as you can see, i separated it and it has very little yoke which is normal.

Poor sweet pea is still standing like she needs to lay and walks around a bit then goes back over to the same tree and sits like she is going to lay.
My question is should i be concerned? my other peas always look relieved and go rite back to normal after laying and egg but she is still in the stance and this worries me.

 

[zazouse]

Well she is fine today, lesson learned, even a dinky soft shell egg can hurt when passing it i guess

but when i hollered peanut those wings came back up tail went down and she was at my feet to get her peanut

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Glad to hear this

 

[casportpony]

Passing softies is actually harder for them to do, so I'm not surprised she looked off afterwords. Glad she is better.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

I guess but it wern't much bigger than her poop, ain't like it was a double yoker

 

[subhanalah]

Passing softies is actually harder for them to do, so I'm not surprised she looked off afterwords. Glad she is better.

-Kathy

if you really think about this....and the logistics of it...and ahem--personal experiences? It makes a lot of sense? Just to clarify...IBS has no mercy.





I am so incredibly embarrassed right now......

 

[PeepsCA]

LMAO subhanalah! TMI...

I agree with Kathy, cuz I have seen a few of my Guinea Hens (pullets/1st timers) struggle with softies before... soft shelled eggs are just harder to pass/harder to get moving down thru the plumbing cuz there's too much give with a soft egg... makes for a buncha work.
That poor PeaHen may take big poops, but she was probably OVERusing muscles she never even knew she had, lol

Glad she's ok Zaz.

 

[zazouse]

if you really think about this....and the logistics of it...and ahem--personal experiences? It makes a lot of sense? Just to clarify...IBS has no mercy.





I am so incredibly embarrassed right now......

I know about IBS my DH has it, it ain't nothing to be embarrassed about .

 

[zazouse]

LMAO subhanalah! TMI...

I agree with Kathy, cuz I have seen a few of my Guinea Hens (pullets/1st timers) struggle with softies before... soft shelled eggs are just harder to pass/harder to get moving down thru the plumbing cuz there's too much give with a soft egg... makes for a buncha work.
That poor PeaHen may take big poops, but she was probably OVERusing muscles she never even knew she had, lol

Glad she's ok Zaz.

I hope she is done laying

 

[subhanalah]

I know about IBS my DH has it, it ain't nothing to be embarrassed about .

Well, I figure my embarrassment was worth being sure no one misinterpreted what I was trying to say.
I read it after I typed it and was like...yeah, I need to be more specific.

I hope she is done laying 

God willing!




Does she have access to crushed oyster shell? Maybe try a cuttle bone?