soft shelled eggs

[duckgirl04]

i have a chicken who is laying soft shelled eggs. they are almost a leather consistency. as soon as she lays them they burst. what could this be caused from?

 

[happyhensny]

I also just went out to close up the "kids" and there in the nest was an egg that had no shell it seemed, just the membrane around it. I thought the birds had been eating eggs because I would find only yolk in the nests for about a week and now I am wondering if one of the hens are laying soft shelled eggs consistently. I have free choice oyster shell and layer feed there 24/7. Any one have ideas?

 

[Imp]

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If she is a new layer it's probably just getting used to laying. Here's more info

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publi...ndbook/16/thinshelled-eggs-and-shellless-eggs

Imp

 

[Kittymomma]

What are you feeding her? Like Imp said, it could be that she's just a new layer getting the kinks out of her system, but she could need more calcium too.

 

[duckgirl04]

i am feeding laying pellets and chops. what else should she be getting? all my other hens are laying fine.

 

[Kittymomma]

Pellets are good, not sure what chops are...A few of mine seem to need more calcium then the layer provides so I started putting out oyster shell free choice and the pullets that needed it ate it and the others left it alone. I have chicks on the ground again now so I have everybody on gamebird which doesn't have enough calcium for any of the layers so I'm going thru a lot more oyster shell. It's funny how they'll regulate their own calcium intake when it's available.

 

[duckgirl04]

chops are cracked corn.

 

[happyhensny]

Just put out fresh OS - maybe they don't like it older.