squishy soft egg! eeewww

[Imp]

Quote:
irenew,

If it is a chronic issue it might be caused by something else. How long has it been going on? You could try high calcium foods as well, if she is not interested in oyster shell. Here's some info:

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

You might want to start a thread or search for answers to the egg eating problems. It's a different issue than shellless eggs. Although it can be related.

Good luck

Imp

 

[briteday]

Quote:
irenew,

If it is a chronic issue it might be caused by something else. How long has it been going on? You could try high calcium foods as well, if she is not interested in oyster shell. Here's some info:

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

You might want to start a thread or search for answers to the egg eating problems. It's a different issue than shellless eggs. Although it can be related.

Good luck

Imp

I'm having a similar problem. When they were all laying (before the winter set in here) I was getting a thin-shelled egg every day and at least one jelly egg per day. A lot of times these eggs were under the roosts. I have ISA's and RIW's. First I tried separating them a few at a time to another coop. I was hoping to figure out who was laying the funny eggs. But, the weather turned brutally cold here so I ended up putting all the hens back in the regular coop. And.....we're back to one thin-shelled egg per day, layed from the roost usually. Sometimes I have found it in a nest box and the large, round end is usually dented (cracked) inward. So far (it's only been one week back in the coop) there hasn't been a jelly egg. But I'm also only getting 10-14 eggs per day from 23 layers right now, even with added light.

The hens are being fed a good layer feed and have plenty of oyster shell, even sprinkled into the feed bin so they don't have to go looking for it. Lack of calcium is not the problem with mine. I'm guessing it's some sort of metabolic problem that they cannot convert the calcium to form the egg shells or some sort of anatomical problem.

 

[donrae]

I've had a few of these on and off over the years, from young hens who "forget" to put the shell on. Recently I found a nest on top of some hay bales, I had to stand on the lower bale and reach high for the eggs.........and one was SQUISHY! I don't know why but that freaked me out that time. I think it was cause it was dim in the barn and the egg looked normal? I played with that egg for fifteen minutes before feeding it to the dog.