Two strange soft eggs

[Maplerunchickens]

Two of my girls laid strange eggs today. The dark one is soft and the other is harder with a soft spot . It looks so strange. They have 16 percent protein layer feed, oyster shells and grit available at all times. The dark egg was laid only about 18 -20 hours after that chicken laid her second egg ever.

Lighter egg is a Silkie darker is cuckoo marans. Silkie has been laying for a month without issues. Any ideas why this is happening? We did just get a really cold spell in the last 2 days.

 

[aart]

The scratch and peck layer feed is whole grain soy free and corn free...

Organic Wheat, Organic Barley, Organic Peas, Organic Flaxseed Meal, Ground Limestone, Fish Meal, Organic Sesame Meal, Organic Flaxseed Oil, Vitamin and Mineral Premix

Might want to soak or ferment it, so the fines(vitamins/minerals/amino acids) get consumed rather than sink to the bottom.

 

[3KillerBs]

New layers have occasional glitches. If it's a one-off it's nothing to worry about.

Have they had some kind of shock or stress? An encounter with a predator or some major disruption in their routine? Sometimes that can interfere with the egg laying process.

 

[Maplerunchickens]

I was out of 1 of their 2 layer feeds for a few days and the weather is colder than usual.I’ll keep an eye out. Hopefully it is a one time event!

 

[LizzzyJo]

One of these every few months is 100% normal for a coop, but two in one day is interesting. I am assuming they are very young layers? It could be that they both glitched on the same day or it could be that they had a fright. Put out a trail cam to see if they are having visitors at night...

 

[Maplerunchickens]

One of these every few months is 100% normal for a coop, but two in one day is interesting. I am assuming they are very young layers? It could be that they both glitched on the same day or it could be that they had a fright. Put out a trail cam to see if they are having visitors at night...

I know! The same day thing is what gets me. I have a trail cam and didn’t see anything. Nothing got into their enclosure. (They have netting and chain link fencing around their hardware cloth enclosure and their wooden coop is inside that. . They may have had a fright during the day that the cam didn’t catch... One egg was laid super early in the am- before I let them out for the day.

 

[aart]

I was out of 1 of their 2 layer feeds for a few days

They have 16 percent protein layer feed,

So, what is the 2nd layer feed?

 

[Maplerunchickens]

Also 16 percent layer feed- one is manna pro pellets (that’s the one I was out of) and the other is scratch and peck.

 

[aart]

other is scratch and peck.

Is this pellets or crumbles or cracked grains?

 

[Maplerunchickens]

The scratch and peck layer feed is whole grain soy free and corn free...

Organic Wheat, Organic Barley, Organic Peas, Organic Flaxseed Meal, Ground Limestone, Fish Meal, Organic Sesame Meal, Organic Flaxseed Oil, Vitamin and Mineral Premix