soft shell egg

Hello! I have a Gold Laced Wyandotte who has always had some egg issues. - once or twice a month she’ll lay eggs with such thin and brittle shells that they break when you try to write the date on them. - every few months or so she’ll lay a shell-less or *very* soft shelled egg. My hens are...

Hey all long time no see, 4 days ago my ducko pipsqueak laid a pretty nasty looking soft shell egg in the pool so I've been giving her daily calcium supplements since, but the next day I noticed it looked like another egg was in her chamber and after feeling it through her it is clearly another...

🔝This soft shell egg was just found on the run floor. It’s a Prairie Bluebell Egger by the looks of it (blue calcium); we have two PB Eggers and they often lay eggs with light calcium deposits. We already got two eggs from them today, so one hen apparently laid twice. I’ve gotten one soft...

Happy Monday chicken community, I hope you and your feathered friends are doing lovely! For the last nearly two weeks my white leghorn has been laying soft shelled eggs. She was a very very consistent layer, sometimes two large white eggs a day! The eggs are certainly not my concern, honestly I...

I have 2 hens who are getting weaker and appear to have a soft shell egg destroyed inside them. I've tried getting some pieces out but no luck. It's hard when they keep moving and when they close their vent. One of them (Goldie) has been in the nest box for the whole night trying to get it out...

Hi, Everyone. My EE, Easter, is a little over 4 y/o and has, this past month, been struggling with recurring cases of EYP which thus far has been treatable. She's been an odd case all her life. Here's a snapshot of her history. Easter is pint-sized with an unstoppable will to survive. She's the...

I have a hen who looked healthy but hasn’t eaten too much. She’s six years old. This morning I found a soft shelled egg (that the chickens already devoured) with this bloody stuff in it. I have gotten soft shells before, just not like this. She still eats some treats and applesauce. I gave her...

I have an almost 1 year old ameraucana (Peach) that has laid three soft shelled eggs (a little bit of shell development) in the middle of the night. I found one last Tuesday (3/21) morning under the roosts, and that egg was supposed to be laid around 12 pm Tuesday, so it was laid hours early. I...

hi there, my duck Mango has laid a perfectly fine hard egg this morning. however this afternoon she’s laid a soft shell egg followed by another one less than an hour later. she’s 2 years this november so it’s not her first lay. she has also got a good diet, layer feed eggshells and mealworms and...

Pretty sure it was my Leilei. I snapped her out of being broody in the past week, and she's been back-and-forth having a full crop at night. She has good weight on her, and she looks and acts fine. Contents of the egg was a normal egg white. I've been giving my babies a teaspoon of Rooster...

Hello everyone ! So my girl Sven has something weird going on. I’m suspecting it’s an infection somewhere in the laying process … other than the eggs she is completely fine - no breathing, inflammation, Bumblefoot or anything else on the outside. She’s eating and drinking as normal. She also...

Hi everyone, I have a 2 year old blue jersey giant that stopped eating over the weekend. What triggered it was that she had been laying soft shell eggs and half of the membrane was stuck inside. I tried hot bath, check her vent but couldn’t find the membrane. She has been pooping small watery...

My 3 y/o ISA Brown, Buffy, has stopped laying and her comb and wattles are pale. Beyond that, her energy and appetite are good, no swelling in her abdominal region, and her poops look beautiful lol. She's not spending any time in the nest box like she's trying to lay either. Should I be...

My serama hen had pasty butt so I soaked her bottom in warm water and epsom salt, after drying her off I noticed something hanging out of her butt I pulled it out gently and was soft shell I increased her calcium intake—she was eating layer feed and had access to oyster shell all the time...

A few days ago my hen Angel started to lay soft shell eggs The next day I noticed her crop wasn't empty in the morning she doesn't eat or drink anything She's less active how can I help her? I gave her a warm Epsom salt bath and massage her crop

Does this mean my hen is sick? One time occurrence? Anyone know? As soon as she laid she ate some oyster shells. I leave them out daily for them. Does she need to be seperated?

I have two 18 month old RIR who laid beautifully until April this year when they started laying soft shell eggs. Strangely, they were molting at that time ( we have had crazy weather in BC, Canada this year) so I increased protein to 18% grower and then to 20% starter, they get free access to...

Over the last month, over half of my 2.5 y/o mixed flock has started laying softshell eggs. 4 out of 7 of my hens have been doing so frequently--it's not uncommon for me to get at least one softshell a day. Even the intermittent "normal" eggs from the culprits are often wonky--bumpy, pale...

Hello everyone, I have posted this issue multiple times, hoping that maybe the right person will see it. I have a hen with chronic laying issues. It goes on a while but I’d appreciate all the help I can get. -she is an isa brown, 2 years old. Access to laying pellets and poutry mix, grit, egg...

Noticed my 4 year old hen was acting off ( looking like she was trying to pass an egg) about 2 hours ago and saw she had a broken soft shell egg partially hanging out of her. It basically looks like a broken finger of a rubber glove) she is an extremely tame pet so I tried to pull on it but I’m...