Okay, I have a 7 month old Barred Rock who started laying a couple months ago. She was laying about 35% of soft shelled eggs which is normal to have problems at first.
This week she laid a normal egg on Monday. Tuesday I got home from work and she seemed a little quiet. Upon further investigation she had what thought may be broken egg or diarrhea coming from her vent, she was drinking LOTS of water and she seemed to be in the position of trying to have a bowel movement. I got really worried but then she started scratching around with the other girls and eating however.....a bit before dusk when all the other girls were heading into the coop she was in the nest box that I have on my back porch. I thought, weird time of day for anyone to be laying an egg, so I let her be. When it started getting darker I went out and she jumped out of the nest box and there was an egg that had no shell what-so-ever, like one you would literally crack in a pan. Honestly I expected to find her dead in the morning.
Wednesday and Thursday she was normal but no egg.
Friday she laid one of her huge eggs! Yay all is great with the world.
Just cleaned out the coop and I found 2 soft shells and one with no soft shell but runny.....
WTF people? Any suggestions?
They are all eating Purina Layena Plus with Omega-3, have been since they were 17 weeks old. I hard boil a couple eggs every Saturday morning and they get the egg and the crushed up shell. I tried offering a small dish of calcium but no one touched it.....
I'm worried that one day she will egg bind, which would be a nightmare....This is my first flock of chickens and I'm at a loss of what to try next.
This week she laid a normal egg on Monday. Tuesday I got home from work and she seemed a little quiet. Upon further investigation she had what thought may be broken egg or diarrhea coming from her vent, she was drinking LOTS of water and she seemed to be in the position of trying to have a bowel movement. I got really worried but then she started scratching around with the other girls and eating however.....a bit before dusk when all the other girls were heading into the coop she was in the nest box that I have on my back porch. I thought, weird time of day for anyone to be laying an egg, so I let her be. When it started getting darker I went out and she jumped out of the nest box and there was an egg that had no shell what-so-ever, like one you would literally crack in a pan. Honestly I expected to find her dead in the morning.
Wednesday and Thursday she was normal but no egg.
Friday she laid one of her huge eggs! Yay all is great with the world.
Just cleaned out the coop and I found 2 soft shells and one with no soft shell but runny.....
WTF people? Any suggestions?
They are all eating Purina Layena Plus with Omega-3, have been since they were 17 weeks old. I hard boil a couple eggs every Saturday morning and they get the egg and the crushed up shell. I tried offering a small dish of calcium but no one touched it.....
I'm worried that one day she will egg bind, which would be a nightmare....This is my first flock of chickens and I'm at a loss of what to try next.
Otherwise there's nothing you can do about it. Hopefully it straightens out eventually.
