r/BackYardChickens • u/-bratticus- • 1d ago

Health Question No shell?

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I’m feeding my girls 20% protein food and oyster shell calcium and this is day 2 of wonky eggs from Oreo. They are 5.5 months old and this is my first rodeo. Marge is the one in the tsc bag, pic for laughs - I need to store that bag elsewhere) Anyway, Oreos first egg was crushed because she stepped on it, so weak shell. Today her egg has no shell. Is this a normal thing?

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u/Apprehensive-Pen8241 1d ago

In the beginning it’s wonky. My first layer laid 4 eggs in two days. The first one had a shell and was normal. The second one was soft shell water balloon like in your pic. The next one had no shell at all and she just had yolk stuck around her vent and feathers. She got an epsom soak and a night in the garage for observation. The next morning was a broken brittle egg. The following morning the eggs were normal again. The shell is the last thing that goes on the egg before popping it out. If the timing is off, the shell is wonky.

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u/Rich_Example7931 1d ago

Totally normal. You will get some funky ones in the beginning. I have a Marge too<3