beach chick Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 this morning I found a soft shelled egg fallen through the bars in the nesting box. just now I found a blob of what looked like egg white on the grass, no yolk or anything, about a couple of inches away from a very dark brown poo (sorry, TMI!) they have grit in their water and I just added some to their layers pellets. they all look totally healthy, bright eyes, good combs, pottering about very happily. they were semi freerange til yesterday (run and omlet fencing), could the suden change be something to do with the change of lifestyle, access to wider range of plants/bugs etc? on the plus side, they all put themselves to bed properly last night, and both 'good' eggs today were in the nesting box. thanks in advance for any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I don't know what the matter is, sorry, but in my experience when our girls have laid softies they are never in the nesting box, always on the roosting bars, in the run or in the garden, depending where they are at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I wouldn't be concerned about one strange egg, you sometimes get blips. They do sometimes lay less well if they fill up on grass/plants etc. Did it have a shell of any type with the egg white? There's a sticky with some pictures of eggs somewhere on the forum. http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I was just going to comment that odd things are normal when they're new to laying, beach chick, and then I noticed from your signature that Mercedes has laid her first egg in the future! Or is this a prediction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 ooops! must be looking forward to the holidays kannie... just started cleaning them out and found another softie in between the bars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
