Soft shelled egg and trying to lay

[IsaChicks]

My chicken (Easter Egger 21wks) just layed a soft shelled egg today but she keeps trying to lay again. Why is that?

 

[GodLovesU]

Is she egg bound?

 

[IsaChicks]

Is she egg bound?

No she has completely normal behavior, active, happy, alert. Nothing seems to be off but earlier she went to her laying spot in the coop and tried to lay even though she had already layed a soft shelled egg.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Give her a calcium citrate +D3 tablet. You can get these in the vitamin/ supplement section of any grocery or pharmacy. Just pop it in her beak, even though these look a bit large she won't have any trouble swallowing it. Do this once a day for 5 to 7 days.

Do you have oyster shell always available for your chickens? This will help. Just provide it in a separate bowl or dish and the laying hens will help themselves.

 

[IsaChicks]

Give her a calcium citrate +D3 tablet. You can get these in the vitamin/ supplement section of any grocery or pharmacy. Just pop it in her beak, even though these look a bit large she won't have any trouble swallowing it. Do this once a day for 5 to 7 days.

Do you have oyster shell always available for your chickens? This will help. Just provide it in a separate bowl or dish and the laying hens will help themselves.

I put eggshell in her feed but i will try this thank you