funny eggs

[lyn]

hi eveyone sorry its been a while since i was last on but we have been a bit busy putting up new fencing to try and keep out our neighbours from hell, any way we have had two new chooks agatha a light sussex and bluebelle who is a bluebelle, it is bluebell we have a problem with her eggs do not have any shell to them it is just the skin with the egg inside really wierd when you pick them up a bit like a jelly can you help me please all the other girls eggs are fine by the way she is 18 weeks old but they all have the same food all help is again much appreciated
thanks a lot
lyn

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[MaureenHall]

Hi Lyn, nice to see you again If your Bluebelle is only 18 weeks, she's only just starting to lay so her egg-making-machine might not be up and working properly yet. I wouldn't worry too much just yet, just make sure she's got access to plenty of grit and layers pellets, not too many treats. Good luck and let us know how she gets on

[Suechooks]

I'd second what Maureen has said. Just give her system time to settle into the laying job!

[di]

Ours will only eat their grit if it's mixed in with something wet.We either make up some mash in the mornings & add it to that or if giving them a wettish treat(strawberries/sweetcorn etc)then coat that with some.
when we switched to pellets for the Spring/Summer we'dtried adding it dry & they just picked out the pellets & left the grit,hence we had a couple of weeks of really thin shells.(we use layers mash in the winter to give them a warm start to the day...they don't seem to be so keen on wet/warm pellets).