Pullet layed soft-shelled egg then no eggs at all.

[Soot the silkie]

I have three pullets who have just begun laying. One has given me three eggs from when she started four days ago. One of the other two hasn't started at all. One started four days ago by laying a soft-shelled egg from her roost. She hasn't laid at all since! Why is this? Is she egg bound? I looked all over the chicken yard, but I can't find any egg. Extra info: the pullet is a frizzle who is very thin.

 

[Percheron chick]

That's fairly typical behavior for young pullets. Stop stressing. Things will straighten out usually by week 2. Get some weight on the skinny one. That should fix her problem.

 

[Soot the silkie]

That's fairly typical behavior for young pullets. Stop stressing. Things will straighten out usually by week 2. Get some weight on the skinny one. That should fix her problem.

Ok, my first round of chickens never did this so I was worried. I stress out about everything with my chickens.

I think the reason the skinny one is skinny is she is afraid of my older hens who eat at the feeder. But I have been shooing them away so she can eat too, and I think she's getting heavier.

 

[Teila]

Howdy Soot the silkie

I agree with the other comments in that first time layers can take a week or two to settle the internal plumbing and get the hang of the whole egg laying thing.

It is a good idea to have some shell grit/oyster shell in a separate container that they can pick at if/when they need it [I note this is not your first round of chickens so you probably already know that

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Anyways, I basically responded to say that I have a couple of youngsters who are a little timid around the big gals, especially since their mum cut the cord and she is now ‘one of the big girls’; but I put out two lots of breakfast so that the younger two have a chance to eat.

 

[Soot the silkie]

Howdy Soot the silkie

I agree with the other comments in that first time layers can take a week or two to settle the internal plumbing and get the hang of the whole egg laying thing.

It is a good idea to have some shell grit/oyster shell in a separate container that they can pick at if/when they need it [I note this is not your first round of chickens so you probably already know that

]

Anyways, I basically responded to say that I have a couple of youngsters who are a little timid around the big gals, especially since their mum cut the cord and she is now ‘one of the big girls’; but I put out two lots of breakfast so that the younger two have a chance to eat.

Ok, thanks. Instead of using oyster shells I take their own egg shells left over from cooking, bake them, then crush them into tiny bits so they can't recognize the egg shell and put those out. I will try putting out two food dishes now.

 

[ramsey590]

That's fairly typical behavior for young pullets. Stop stressing. Things will straighten out usually by week 2. Get some weight on the skinny one. That should fix her problem.

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and oyster shells at TSC