Shelless eggs🤦🏼‍♀️

[LizzzyJo]

Any tips on how to find out who is laying the shelless eggs? She’s laying them in the ‘good’ nesting box with everyone else. Maybe one a week is shelless. Not broken and eaten.
Any tips? Thanks in advance!

 

[igorsMistress]

You can try lipstick on their vents.

 

[LizzzyJo]

You can try lipstick on their vents.

Smart! Thank you! Things are about to get weird.....

 

[igorsMistress]

Smart! Thank you! Things are about to get weird.....

IKR. I read about that once so I can't take credit but happy to pass it along.

 

[TinaMarieofFL]

Any tips on how to find out who is laying the shelless eggs? She’s laying them in the ‘good’ nesting box with everyone else. Maybe one a week is shelless. Not broken and eaten.
Any tips? Thanks in advance!

This happened to me recently. Perfectly formed, shell-less and also albumen-less, egg. Membrane was intact which is how I know it was albumen-less. A few days later, I found a broken shell with NO egg matter. I am surmising that the shell broke inside the hen while she was laying and since the membrane was undamaged, it popped out. I did notice one of my hens acting under the weather so I am guessing she is the one with the stuck shell. Seems to be better now but still kinda hanging back from the rest.