- May 10, 2009
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A few weeks ago I posted a note that my brown leghorn had laid two eggs without shells, just a leathery membrane, in the night after laying a perfectly normal egg the day before. Since then she has been laying regular eggs, one a day, then no egg yesterday. A little unusual, but I figured she deserved a day off. This morning, directly under where she roosts, I found a huge egg (double yolked, and big even for that) with a leathery membrane and a very small egg with a normal shell. She's my only white egg layer, so I know it's not one of the other two.
Any ideas? This may sound strange, but it's like her body is shedding eggs before they are ready or something. It's also odd for her to lay in the night, she's a regular 10 o'clock kind of gal. She gets normal layer crumbles and I mix oyster shell and crushed egg shell in the scratch, a few table scraps and I also let them free range at least an hour most days. Anyone else have this go on?
Sue
Any ideas? This may sound strange, but it's like her body is shedding eggs before they are ready or something. It's also odd for her to lay in the night, she's a regular 10 o'clock kind of gal. She gets normal layer crumbles and I mix oyster shell and crushed egg shell in the scratch, a few table scraps and I also let them free range at least an hour most days. Anyone else have this go on?
Sue