Hello,
I have a silkie hen who is about 8 months old and has been laying for about 3 weeks now. She layed a weeks worth of healthy hard eggs but for the last 2 weeks she has been laying soft shelled eggs. We find the egg broken in the roost with a soft, lizard-like shell or sometimes it looks like there was no shell at all. I have researched it (even in the threads here) and it seems like most of the shared experiences were duds like a one time thing but my question is what happens if it doesn't stop?
She is extremely healthy. She is the head hen and eats A LOT. I am going to start adding crushed oyster shells but I have a hard time believing its any type of deficiency since it happened over night and she is so plump and healthy!
Thanks a lot!
I have a silkie hen who is about 8 months old and has been laying for about 3 weeks now. She layed a weeks worth of healthy hard eggs but for the last 2 weeks she has been laying soft shelled eggs. We find the egg broken in the roost with a soft, lizard-like shell or sometimes it looks like there was no shell at all. I have researched it (even in the threads here) and it seems like most of the shared experiences were duds like a one time thing but my question is what happens if it doesn't stop?
She is extremely healthy. She is the head hen and eats A LOT. I am going to start adding crushed oyster shells but I have a hard time believing its any type of deficiency since it happened over night and she is so plump and healthy!
Thanks a lot!