I've heard of this before, but it is the first time I see it. One of the hens laid an egg without a shell. It did have a thick membrane, but not a shell. When I found it on the ground of the coop this morning, it looked like a popped balloon because the chickens ate out the inside. I'm guessing it was Doily who laid it because Minerva, Louise, and Ginger all laid eggs today. Hawk "tried" to lay late this morning and her eggs are white, but this one was slightly brown. We didn't get an egg from Buffy today, but her eggs are much darker than this one was. I think it is normal for hens to have some weird eggs the first year of laying.
Hey Maria!
ReplyDeleteI JUST sent a message to Damon on Facebook asking about this issue as we discovered the same thing this am with one of our eggs. This has happened about 3 times. Our chickens have been laying for about a month.
Heather Young
Hi Heather! It is great to hear from you! Damon showed me the picture of your eggs on Facebook. I thought it was just a fluke because often egg mistakes happen in the first year. But if it is more than occasionally, are you giving your hens a calcium supplement (oyster shells)? I save the egg shells from our hens' eggs that we use. When I have quite a few, I bake them at 250 degrees F for about 10 minutes, then crumble them into a food processor and pulverize it... until the pieces are small, but not powder. I mix that with the oyster shell as a calcium supplement.
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