Soft Shelled Egg

[patbhoy]

In the past week on two occasions when collecting my eggs I have noticed that there has been a soft shelled discoloured egg.
Dont know which hen is laying this, nor am I sure how I would find out.
Is this something I should be worried about, is there something I should be looking for in any of my hens or is it just down to the winter season.

 

[Mahonri]

Be certain you have free choice oyster shells or calcium of some sort.

I actually mix mine in with the layer feed. Haven't had any soft shells since.

 

[patbhoy]

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Had my chickens for 5 months and this is the first time i've had a problem, there has been no change in their feed so figured there may be something wrong the fact that this has occurred suddenly.

 

[Miss Dottie]

I have heard that in winter some chickens don't lay as well. You can supply oyster shell if you don't already to help their shells develop harder. Here is a good article about egg production:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps029

 

[rdranch]

Excellent article Miss Dottie! Added it to the favorites list for future reference, a million thanks!