shell-less egg

[anniebethj]

Ok, my girls have their choice of recycled eggs shells every time we eat eggs-almost daily, and oyster shell free choice. But I still have one chicken that lays eggs with no shell. There is a full size egg, with membrane around it, but no shell. What is going on with her and how do I fix it?

 

[chick007]

you do not say how old she is or how long she has been laying. young pullets generally have to warm up their plumbing before it all works correctly. wish i had a egg to call my own, its been a cold snowy dark winter here. still wating on my 19 week barred rocks to lay. all the signs, no egg yet.

 

[2hot2chicken]

I hav silkie doing the same. I thought it was a faze and she woiuld outgrow it but shes a lil over a year now and still doin it!
Probly not what you want to hear but Id like to know if its possible to fix to. I have oster shells free choice as well.

 

[Judy]

When a hen does this often or routinely, it may not be fixable. See here:

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publi...ndbook/16/thinshelled-eggs-and-shellless-eggs