Soft shelled eggs in evening

[Stan79]

Same problem with our Bluebelle!

Two thin / soft shelled eggs on the perch overnight fairly recently in recent weeks. All other birds laying well. Occasionally we are getting a proper egg from her and we are overrun with eggs as it is so i'm not too fussed but hoping she's ok!

[elizajay]

My cream legbar has never laid an egg with a shell. Or should I say the only egg I have ever seen had no shell and no membrane, ie fried egg before frying. She bows to me as if fertile and visits the nest box. I never see traces of egg remaining in the nest box bedding. It's a mystery. She came to me as point of lay and it was many weeks before she behaved as if she was laying.

[MrsDaffy]

How very odd! I know it can be a bit hit or miss when they start laying and it can take some time for them to get the hang of it.

[elizajay]

She is no more. I noticed when dusting with diatom one evening that she was incredibly heavy for her size, had a hugely swollen red belly and her feathers were standing up because of the swelling. She continued to eat and drink, but one day when I saw her lying under a bush looking exhausted I took her to the vet. She couldn't diagnose her, possible growth/something hard in there in the wrong place for an egg. On the basis that she wouldn't get better and was likely to be very uncomfortable and get worse I decided to go with the advice to PTS. It was a relief.

[MrsDaffy]

Oh, sorry to hear that. Maybe that was connected with her egg shell problem. Awful to see them suffering so sounds like you did the right thing.