So Savannah, my head chicken, a 3 year old Silver Laced Wyandotte has taken to laying eggs that have no shell. None! SHe ranges around the yard and she eats chicken food and treats like everyone else. They all lay fine eggs. I have been crushing up eggshells and putting htem in food, etc but to no avail.
Any thoughts?
A shell less egg is so creepy! It is like a freaky water balloon!
The weirdest egg of all
Oh my BYH! I have never heard of such a thing!!!! Does the egg come out in a membrane and hold its shape, or just plop out in a big gooey mess?? This is most curious!
I've had the occassional one like that also. Haven't figured out what the problem was. I tried not to give them any 'chicken scratch' feed, but the occassional one still shows up.
Do they have free choice oyster shell too ??
I've heard it can be an occasional thing, but your post makes it sound more regular...
Julie
I had one that did that for a few days after I bought a different kind of egg pellets. It only lasted for a few days though. I never did know what caused it for sure. She was getting plenty of crushed oyster shell, so it was a puzzle for me too.
According to this page, it's an oddity that sometimes happens but isn't indicating any problems.
http://www.poultryhelp.com/oddeggs.html
Yeah, it is just like a regular egg except no shell at all. It hold it's shape and everything!
hart ~ that is what it looks like exactly. It's just really weird!
Everyone has the same diet and access to shell and everything, so i'd think if it was a problem with the feed, more than one hen would do it!
Just think how easy it would be to make a soft boiled egg from it.....
Hmmm, now if I could find a Pig that would be so accomodating and give me some smoked bacon ready to go....!!!!!!
In my experience a double egg occurs when the layingproccess has begun, the hen is disturbed off her next, when she comes back to continue where she left off, the first yolk she let down is joined by another and she forms a shell around both. Seems to work best with young, just turned into strong layers and disturbed at the same laying sequence each day
Carol
My chickens who don't know how to lay a hard egg when they begin to lay, lay a
soft egg. They feel a pushy thing, and just push to get it out. My kids used to
call them "floppy eggs".
sher