Rubbery/ jello egg

[roostersandhens]

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Like people said above, they are pretty common in pullets just starting to lay or older birds coming back into lay and getting their egg laying system in gear, and it just happens occasionally with other birds. Soft shelled eggs can either have not spent enough time in the shell gland to form a proper shell, or the hen can have a problem causing her to not be able to put a proper shell on them. Stress / being upset by something can also make a hen lay an egg before it is ready. If it only happens once in a while it is usually nothing to worry about. They can be caused by a problem with the hen being able to utilize calcium because of illness/disease, vitamin/mineral imbalances, etc... if you get a lot of them you might want to look into other possible causes. A couple of links on them ...
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publi...ndbook/16/thinshelled-eggs-and-shellless-eggs
http://www.avianweb.com/eggproblems.html

 

[sourland]

Hello

and Welcome To BYC! Like people said above, they are pretty common in pullets just starting to lay or older birds coming back into lay and getting their egg laying system in gear, and it just happens occasionally with other birds. Soft shelled eggs can either have not spent enough time in the shell gland to form a proper shell, or the hen can have a problem causing her to not be able to put a proper shell on them. Stress / being upset by something can also make a hen lay an egg before it is ready. If it only happens once in a while it is usually nothing to worry about. They can be caused by a problem with the hen being able to utilize calcium because of illness/disease, vitamin/mineral imbalances, etc... if you get a lot of them you might want to look into other possible causes. A couple of links on them ...
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publi...ndbook/16/thinshelled-eggs-and-shellless-eggs
http://www.avianweb.com/eggproblems.html

X 2 Welcome to BYC.

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you here with us

Sounds like you may want to add some oyster shells to her diet

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[BantamLover21]

Glad you joined us! Rubbery eggs are not uncommon with chickens; usually they're just a random fluke in the reproductive tract.