shelless egg?

[dreamwallaby]

So I posted earlier today about one of my hens having thin shelled eggs. Today I found an egg that felt and looked like a water balloon, no shell?? Why would this happen? all my hens get oyster shells and the other eggs are always nice hard shells.

 

[me2pl]

this is not uncommon, especially in younger chickens. make sure that the chickens have plenty of calcium, as that is what the shell is made of. if you have a dog, you should give him the egg, it will love it

 

[Denninmi]

Nasty looking, aren't they.

It happens sometimes, even if the birds are getting all kinds of calcium supplements. With the high production rate of eggs in a bird's system, I guess it's just natural for a quality control issue to arise once in a while. If it happens repeatedly, it probably indicates some kind of physiological problem with the bird's reproductive system or some other health issue.

 

[SassyKat6181]

I got one the other day too...but no membrane at all. Looked just like when you crack open a shell into the frying pan. My girls have only been laying for a month and I think they are still working out the glitches. They are on egg-maker crumbles and have oyster shell free-choice.

 

[chickfamilyonsleepyhollow]

I did get one of those membrane looking eggs last Fall ... definately bizzare - but it only happened one time - I think it is probably just a fluke

I wouldn't get too worried unless it keeps happening

 

[Want Less]

We got one that was laid last night. I attributing it to stress because we havent had one in a long time and we moved these two hens to a new pen yesterday. It took them a while to settle and figure everything out, and this one was laid sometime between 9pm last night at 6 this morning.

It happens, and as long as its occasional I dont think it is a problem (especially in younger ones from what Ive read). If she's laying them that way consistently, I'd probably re-evaluate her health and diet and such because something may be out of whack.

 

[recinda]

I had a hen lay one three days in a row, then today I found a hen dead in the coop floor. She died overnight and it was a very cold night. I'm not sure if it was this hen laying those eggs I'm just putting it together because I didn't have one today. Any ideas on any kind of connection? I keep them supplied with oyster shell so I'm not sure what could've happened. She was about a year old and a rhode island red.

 

[msw1208]

I'm having the same issue with one of my hens. I have not identified which one has been doing it, but it has been a full week with shell-less eggs, a few that have been layer with out a shell or whites. They have been laying for about two months now, all are gold-laced wyandottes. I'm going to start working on identifying which one is the culprit tomorrow and was wondering if there was anything other than oyster shells that I can give them all to help.