SueSteve Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Jet started laying a couple of weeks ago, she lays eggs that are enormous compared to the others, they are around 70g but they are soft shelled and watery. She only lays every 4 days, I am not worried about that though. I have looked up soft shelled, they have oyster grit and baked recycled shells (the 2 gingernuts lay very strong eggs - quiet difficult to crack sometimes!). I have put it down being new to this and it may take a while to settle down. Is a watery egg normal though? As in Yolk is fine, the the white is very 'thin' it goes white when cooked, but when fried spits everywhere when I put it in the pan (now avoiding frying!) Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 It's usually due to egg age and/or bird age Sue, neither of which apply in your case: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/30/watery-whites Sorry can't be much help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSteve Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Thanks Snowy, I agree that nothing really applies from the list you sent, she is very young, and just started laying, I havent detected any problems, she did have an eye infection in the first few days that we had her, and about a week later she was limping for a day, but she appears healthy. I have just been out there now and found a broken egg i the port, I think she must have broken it while or after laying,I have cleaned it out, I hope things improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 You could always try adding some Shellstim to the water; Sheila swears by it. She may just sort out on her own as she's just started laying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
