Young pullet: just started to lay, but only liquid in egg box (yolk, white) no sign of shell

[2lilchkns]

I hope this is the correct place to ask this question. I have 10 young pullets, and two of them (my white rock and my barred rock) starting laying recently! Yay!! As far as I can tell, the white rock has produced three small, but otherwise perfect, eggs. On two occasions, however, I found just the yolk/white soaked into the hay in the egg box, with no sign of shell anywhere -- I think that was from the barred rock. She produced one small, but normal, egg in between the two "shell less" episodes.

Is there anything I should be doing about this? They are on an organic layer feed that has calcium. A few days ago, I also put some oyster shell in their run, for them to have free choice. I don't know if any of them actually ate it, they managed to up end the container and scatter the shells all over the place.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

 

[donrae]

Sounds like you're doing everything you can. Often times a new layer just needs time to work the kinks out of her system--forgetting to put a shell on an egg is a common glitch. There's really nothing else you can do, just monitor her and see if her system figures things out.

 

[2lilchkns]

Sounds like you're doing everything you can. Often times a new layer just needs time to work the kinks out of her system--forgetting to put a shell on an egg is a common glitch. There's really nothing else you can do, just monitor her and see if her system figures things out. 

Thanks!!

 

[2lilchkns]

All is well with our barred rock-- she gave us a normal egg today-- as did three other chickens! Woo hoo! Great way to usher in the first day o spring.