White Egg Mystery

[danalovesdogs]

Hello!
I'm rather new to owning quail, so I'd appreciate some insight on this topic. One of three hens in my larger cage laid an egg completely devoid of pigment, except for a little smear on the fat part of the egg. When I opened the egg, I also found that it lacked a membrane. All three of my hens have laid in the past, but recently I've been getting only one egg a day. I was wondering if this white egg meant there was some dysfunction in the reproductive system of one of the hens, and if there was anything I could do to help her out. They do have constant access to high protein feed and oyster shells, and all other eggs I've been getting are normal. Thoughts?

 

[sourland]

As long as all are apparently healthy, I would guess that she is just about to take a break in her laying cycle.

 

[Kiki]

Where (about) in the world are you? What's your weather like?

 

[danalovesdogs]

I’m in Connecticut, where it’s been around mid 80’s in the day and mid 60’s at night. We’ve started getting more eggs from that cage, though, so hopefully it was just a one-off oddball!

 

[Quail_r_fun]

I have coturnix quail and I think twice I got a completely white eggs. Which I thought was strange but I guess there is just a few weird eggs in every bunch.