soft broken egg

Hi everyone. I apologize if this has already been posted before. We have a young hen (5 months old), which was handraised as a little chick. The other hens bully her and she hates her enclosure, so she still sleeps in our garage, perched on the handlebars of our lawnmower. We knew that she...

I have been seeing a soft shell egg many days when collecting my eggs. I've started to pin down who is laying them and I believe it is one of my buff orphingtons. All the other hens are laying normal eggs. They are on layer feed and there is a bowl of oyster shell in the coop. What can I do?

Hello there, new to the forum and looking for some advice...we have 4 gorgeous hybrid chickens who free range around the garden and have layed consistently since last year. They are 20 months old, are active and look in good health generally. Marigold (speckledy gold) has been laying soft...

I have a young pullet she is 21 weeks old Sapphire Gem pullet she is trying to lay her egg but it’s been 3 days of soft shell egg laying ( it’s been torn and yolk spilled in the coop) she have good layer feed with oyster shells, additional oyster shells available on the side, crushed egg shells...

Hi there, I’m based in Sydney (Australia) and I have two Lohmann brown chickens which are only about 1 ½ years old. They’ve both been perfectly healthy and laying consistently until now. One of them has been laying thin-shelled and soft-shelled eggs on and off for the past 7 weeks. Occasionally...

I’ve had some problems with egg quality in my flock recently, and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. First, one of my ameraucanas started laying eggs with lots of calcium deposits on top a few months ago (I haven’t actually seen anyone lay, but I’m 99% sure it’s her). She’s...

My pullets/ hens (I forget what age they transition) are about 8 months old. For the past few months I've been finding evidence of a broken soft shell egg every few mornings or so, occasionally several consecutive days. Since they began laying at 20 weeks, they've had access to oyster shell and...

Hi. I had a 5 1/2 month old Australorp hen today that was acting lethargic, sitting in the run while others were out free ranging, not eating melon (she LOVES melons), etc. Her crop was very squishy, so I assumed she had a sour crop and proceeded to very, very gently induce vomiting, gently...

I just moved my six week old oilers to the coop yesterday so I went Yo their side of the coop to check on them. On my way out I noticed my main hen and favorite girl who’s 3 years old sitting in a log and drooping. I was at attention immediately and thought one of the yellow jackets surrounding...