What is norm for eggs after being broody

[hlhutchinson]

im wondering if after a gal has gone broody and stoped laying when she starts up again should her system have to figure things out again?
This is what’s happening
Her fist egg was on 9-19 gave us perfect eggs from the start almost every day, took a break every now and then
she went broody on 10-9, broke broody on 10-11
Now the confusion starts on 10-26 we got a green egg (color different from before, was thinking it might be from our last hen who had not started laying) the egg was much bigger then we had ever gotten and it had blood I did not know if it was from a new layer or our broody starting to lay again. For about a week we continue to get a green egg every other day. Then we got a shell less egg on 11-4 then 5 normal green eggs on (11-9 the color was back to the same color that our broody was laying before she went broody)
then
11-20 got two shell less eggs in the same day after this we have not gotten any more green or shell less eggs

could this have been from one gal? Or is my broody and our last chicken who had not started laying started and is having issues along with our broody?

With winter for first layers they should slow down but continue to lay correct?

If a young chicken (born in April) does not start laying before winter will they wait till summer to start?

Ok so feed I was giving them a all flock and calcium on the side (they don’t seam to eat it). I have now purchased a layer feed due to the shell less eggs that we have gotten.
My two gals in question act normal and look very healthy, don’t see any bugs on them, they eat and drink, all looks normal with the exception of the funny/no eggs

 

[ChickenGirl555]

@aart @oldhenlikesdogs

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Shell less eggs have nothing to do with calcium. Generally it's the egg coming out before it's fully formed generally from stress. New layers are often stressed by the new feelings and sensations and it can be the reason they are more prone to them. Another can be because they are working the glitch out of the system.

Young layers will continue to lay through their first winter but it can be sporadic and inconsistent with lots of halts.

Broody hens can resume as soon as a week after being broke up to a few months after successfully raising chicks. Since you broke yours quickly I would guess 2-4 weeks, but this time of year it can be unpredictable.

As far as the color, if your broody hen didn't lay green eggs before than the eggs would be from a different bird. The shade of an egg color can change based on the thickness of the pigment applied, but not the actual color.

 

[Ridgerunner]

To begin with, there is nothing normal about this. Different hens are going to react totally differently.

Before a pullet or hen starts to lay she builds up a layer of fat. Different hens build up different amounts of fat. This fat is mostly what she lives on while broody, that's why they don't have to spend a lot of time out looking for food but can stay on the nest. The longer she is broody the more of that fat she uses up so the more she has to replace before she starts laying again.

When a hen goes broody she makes some changes to her internal egg making factory. That includes stopping the ova from developing big enough to become egg yolks and some changes to her internal plumbing. I've butchered a broody hen before. Her insides looked quite a bit different from a hen that is actively laying. Again, how long she is broody can effect how long it takes her to reverse those changes.

All this is general, there are all kinds of exceptions. I've had a broody hen raising chicks start her fall molt in late August and be over it and back laying by the time the others started their molt. I had a hen start laying three weeks after she hatched her chicks and before she had even weaned them. I thought something had gotten that hen the way the chicks were acting but no, she was on the nest laying an egg and the chicks did not know what to do.

Usually if I break a hen from being broody as soon as she goes broody, it does not take long for her to start back laying, often less than a week. When hens wean their chicks most of them start laying within a coupe of weeks. But most or usually does not mean always, there is just no telling what any one individual will do.

 

[hlhutchinson]

Shell less eggs have nothing to do with calcium. Generally it's the egg coming out before it's fully formed generally from stress. New layers are often stressed by the new feelings and sensations and it can be the reason they are more prone to them. Another can be because they are working the glitch out of the system.

Young layers will continue to lay through their first winter but it can be sporadic and inconsistent with lots of halts.

Broody hens can resume as soon as a week after being broke up to a few months after successfully raising chicks. Since you broke yours quickly I would guess 2-4 weeks, but this time of year it can be unpredictable.

As far as the color, if your broody hen didn't lay green eggs before than the eggs would be from a different bird. The shade of an egg color can change based on the thickness of the pigment applied, but not the actual color.

Thank you for your the info it was the shade of egg that changed

 

[hlhutchinson]

To begin with, there is nothing normal about this. Different hens are going to react totally differently.

Before a pullet or hen starts to lay she builds up a layer of fat. Different hens build up different amounts of fat. This fat is mostly what she lives on while broody, that's why they don't have to spend a lot of time out looking for food but can stay on the nest. The longer she is broody the more of that fat she uses up so the more she has to replace before she starts laying again.

When a hen goes broody she makes some changes to her internal egg making factory. That includes stopping the ova from developing big enough to become egg yolks and some changes to her internal plumbing. I've butchered a broody hen before. Her insides looked quite a bit different from a hen that is actively laying. Again, how long she is broody can effect how long it takes her to reverse those changes.

All this is general, there are all kinds of exceptions. I've had a broody hen raising chicks start her fall molt in late August and be over it and back laying by the time the others started their molt. I had a hen start laying three weeks after she hatched her chicks and before she had even weaned them. I thought something had gotten that hen the way the chicks were acting but no, she was on the nest laying an egg and the chicks did not know what to do.

Usually if I break a hen from being broody as soon as she goes broody, it does not take long for her to start back laying, often less than a week. When hens wean their chicks most of them start laying within a coupe of weeks. But most or usually does not mean always, there is just no telling what any one individual will do.

Thank you

 

[aart]

I've had 2 pullets go broody after laying for a couple few weeks this year...SMH.
They both broke quickly, the first started laying again after about 3 weeks, the other has not started back up yet but its only been a few days.

If you have 2 birds that can lay green eggs, an exam might tell you who is leaving those green eggs now. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/