Soft shelled eggs

[BillysChicks]

I have a two year old Golden Comet - my best layer. She usually lays every day, nice big eggs. Yesterday and today she laid two very soft shelled eggs and one egg with no shell - in the yard, not the nesting box. We feed her layer feed, have oyster shell available, and she free ranges quite a bit. Not noticing any other peculiar behavior and all the other hens are laying normally. Any idea why she would do this or if we need to do something for her?

 

[miss_thenorth]

Hi and

. You might need to actually mix some of the oyster shell in with her feed--she might not be smart enough (usually they are, but) to take enough on her own. Or, what i have done in the past is mix some shell ( i use used egg shells) in with some yogurt, and they will go crazy for it. After several days, she should be laying normal again