Shelless eggs

[PucksBlade]

Would you cull a hen repeatedly laying shelless eggs? If not, how would you treat? She is an Easter-Egger about 1-1/2 year old. Sporadically she lays shelless eggs, and has laid 2 this week. I have given her two rounds of calcium supplements of every day for a week each time. No improvement. She has a constant supply of oyster shell along with the rest of the flock.

 

[Chickie Cat]

Would you cull a hen repeatedly laying shelless eggs? If not, how would you treat? She is an Easter-Egger about 1-1/2 year old. Sporadically she lays shelless eggs, and has laid 2 this week. I have given her two rounds of calcium supplements of every day for a week each time. No improvement. She has a constant supply of oyster shell along with the rest of the flock.

I had a similar situation with a Silkie hen and I did everything that you did. She also had a recurrent eye infection that went systemic which was also causing the soft eggs. So unless you want to sink a butt ton of money into identifying and treating the bacteria, I’d cull her.

 

[PucksBlade]

Such a bummer. Thanks for the input, I appreciate it.