theherd123 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Whenever my girls have laid softies before they have always been broken when i have found them, but this one slipped through the roosting bars and was still intact! It was a perfect egg but we didnt fancy eating it so the bears got it instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 We had one just like that at the BHWT rescue the other day, it looked like one of those squidy toys that burst and then stain te carpet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 This is what Bobbi has been laying the last couple of days. I have been panicking that she is ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 I know what you mean Martin! V odd indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 When mine did that I cut down on the 'treats' and gave them extra grit with plenty of calcium. It literally cured them overnight. It's purely lack of calcium to form the shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 This is what Bobbi has been laying the last couple of days. I have been panicking that she is ill. Dont worry - softies can occur every now and then. My girls always have grit and crushed up egg shell in their food but they can still happen - the sudden change in the weather hasnt helped either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pearsons Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I've had a few softies as well in the last couple of weeks. I put grit into the food but they just ignored picked out the pellets and left the grit - so I gave tipped out the grit into a seperate tub and they have wolfed down the lot..... strange things! I think it is just one of the hens laying the soft shells but I don't know which..... Helen in Hume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I'm relieved that others are getting shell-less eggs too - today I got one egg with a soft shell and one with no shell at all. The girls have grit available all the time, and seem to be eating it, so I was a bit worried but maybe it is the weather/time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Give 'em Limestone flour. (Calcium carbonate) £5 for a huge tub full from "horsey" shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Marigold is very prone to laying soft eggs if she doesn't get enough shell in her diet. She's not very good at this egg malarky, bless her heart. She laid the weirdest egg today, it had what looked like scratch marks in the shell and it was kind of mis-shapen, like babies heads when they always lay on the same side. I bet when I crack it open it's got a really thin shell too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...