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This query is sort of related to Sue's 'very late egg' thread so please excuse me if I should really add this query to that thread - I'm new to all this forum stuff!
Cagney normally lays by 7am! I just thought she was having a day off as she has only been laying about 10 days but then about 2pm I noticed an egg in the run where she had been sitting. She normally lays dark brown eggs but today's was very pale, like it had been dropped in bleach. About an hour later I noticed she was sitting on another egg which turned out to be very soft as it burst like a balloon when she stood on it. She has always laid in the nest box until today but I have been in their ark a bit (trying to adjust the perch as she is still not taking herself to bed after 3 weeks) which might explain the laying outside.
Is this anything to be concerned about - like being egg bound or something? In which case what should I do/look out for? Or is this just a blip, perhaps because she is young? Other than being a little quiet she seems to be fine, and was herself this morning hence the day-off theory first thing.
Any advice appreciated.
Cagney normally lays by 7am! I just thought she was having a day off as she has only been laying about 10 days but then about 2pm I noticed an egg in the run where she had been sitting. She normally lays dark brown eggs but today's was very pale, like it had been dropped in bleach. About an hour later I noticed she was sitting on another egg which turned out to be very soft as it burst like a balloon when she stood on it. She has always laid in the nest box until today but I have been in their ark a bit (trying to adjust the perch as she is still not taking herself to bed after 3 weeks) which might explain the laying outside.
Is this anything to be concerned about - like being egg bound or something? In which case what should I do/look out for? Or is this just a blip, perhaps because she is young? Other than being a little quiet she seems to be fine, and was herself this morning hence the day-off theory first thing.
Any advice appreciated.
Like the others have said, it's probably just a "blip" until her egg-making bits get going properly. As a "just in case", has she been wormed recently? Worms apparently can make the girls lay soft eggs and look generally "under the weather". If they haven't been done, perhaps it might be an idea to do them all?
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