Soft egg that gets stuck?

[OhDangBro]

Hey guys,

This is my first post and I have a question/concern with one of my hens. She has had an issue of laying a soft egg that doesn't fully come out twice now. Meaning the soft shell(which is squishy, you can move/mold it without it cracking) gets stuck and hangs out of her vent? Has anyone had this problem before? any suggestions?
I also would like to add that one day she laid a perfectly fine egg and about six hours later laid this soft shelled egg that got stuck. I soaked her in water both times and she was able to pass the egg(I did have to drain the first egg). She is about 9 months or so and has been laying for like three-four months, her and her flock free range a good portion of the day (5-6 hours). They have oyster shells available to them at all times. She is an ISA Brown.
I should also note that about a week ago I adopted a chicken from a different flock. The chickens flock was killed by a flock and she was the lone survivor. So now she is in a separate coop waiting for the process of integrating them all together.

Any suggestions would be appreciated or any feed back on this issue.

 

[azygous]

Your hen needs a concentrated calcium supplement at the first sign she has any of the following:
- a shell-less egg
-a stuck egg
-a thin shell egg
-two eggs in the same 25 hours cycle

One tablet per day should be given until after the eggs are normal again.

I keep a bottle of calcium citrate with D3 in my run at all times to dose a hen with any of those symptoms. They can be life threatening.

The calcium is stronger than oyster shell or layer feed and will encourage strong contractions to expel the egg. It will also help to reset the egg cycle and prevent two eggs coming down at the same time.

The problem begins with a hen whose system has a hard time absorbing calcium carbonate from oyster shell. Soon the eggs have thin shells or are shell less. That increases the possibility of a stuck egg since shell less eggs are much harder to expel and they can get stuck. Low calcium also affects the egg cycle, occasioanlly allowing more than a single egg to be released, increasing the problem of not enough calcium in the shell gland for two eggs.

Get the calcium in the vitamin aisle at the store. Calcium citrate is easiest form of calcium to absorb, for chickens as well as people.

 

[OhDangBro]

Thank you so much! Is there any mg/brand you’d suggest using? Also any tricks on getting them to eat it? Thank you so much for your reply!