soft shelled egg

[eggshell]

my goldline hen has just laid her first egg (yippee!) however it has a very soft shell, is this normal and will her eggs eventually become normal?

 

[cluckychick]

often times a hens first egg will be soft. The next one will likely be a nice hard egg

 

[Silly Chickens]

They will become normal....be sure she is getting oyster shell though.

My Barred Rocks both started with soft shell eggs....and that lasted up to 2 weeks for me

One of them will sometimes lay 2 soft shell eggs in the same day.....just going through her too fast I suppose.

 

[eggshell]

thanks guys! thats put my mind at rest, shes back in the nest box at this very moment, i'm on tenterhooks lol

 

[Henrietta23]

My older hen has been laying them about twice a week. She was laying well in the spring but stopped. For the past few weeks she's been spending time in the nest box with no results. I've found a few membranes on the coop floor, the contents eaten. Last night I went to count beaks and lock up and right under where Sasha was roosting there was a shell -less egg. It had broken as it must have fallen right out of her as she roosted. I scooped it up. No need for them to get a taste of fresh raw eggs. Don't know what's up with Sasha. She's getting layer pellets and has oyster shell available. She's at least 4 years old now I think. Maybe just a whacky older hormonal thing?