artic 595 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I have to legbar hens, 20wks old. The last few days ive had good shaped solid blue/green eggs. This morning I found 2 eggs shaped well but in jelly form! I've never seen this before. Yes i've had strange shaped eggs from POL hens but never this. Could someone explain the reason why this has happened? Hens are fed layers pellets/corn/greens as free range and oyster shells given too. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) Thin, porous or shell-less 1.Inheritance influences porosity and ability to produce strong shells 2.Lack of sufficient calcium, phosphorus, manganese or vitamin D3 3.Vitamin D2 mistakenly substituted for D3 4.Excess phosphorus consumption, especially by older hens 5.Ingestion of sulfanilamide (sulfa drugs) 6.Disease: Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, avian influenza, Egg Drop Syndrome 76 7.Hens exposed to temperature over 85-90°F 8.Age of hens: incidence higher with older hens 9.Premature laying of the egg dont know if this is any help mate,bored so just looked it up Edited May 9, 2010 by watchman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Thin, porous or shell-less 1.Inheritance influences porosity and ability to produce strong shells 2.Lack of sufficient calcium, phosphorus, manganese or vitamin D3 3.Vitamin D2 mistakenly substituted for D3 4.Excess phosphorus consumption, especially by older hens 5.Ingestion of sulfanilamide (sulfa drugs) 6.Disease: Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, avian influenza, Egg Drop Syndrome 76 7.Hens exposed to temperature over 85-90°F 8.Age of hens: incidence higher with older hens 9.Premature laying of the egg dont know if this is any help mate,bored so just looked it up Watchman, good reply and thanks. I'm gonna need a dictionary! I'm hoping it's the age of the hens...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 seen it a few times as a kid,my old man kept chickens,never really thought about it till now though,good luck in finding out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
burnie69 376 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I'm collecting over 2000 pheasant eggs aday and maybe out of that 1-2 will be shelless jelly eggs theses birds have oystershell given once a week are put on breeder pellets as soon as there caught up and are wormed every 4 weeks i wouldn't worry to much about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
outsider 0 Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'm collecting over 2000 pheasant eggs aday and maybe out of that 1-2 will be shelless jelly eggs theses birds have oystershell given once a week are put on breeder pellets as soon as there caught up and are wormed every 4 weeks i wouldn't worry to much about it. Hi Burnie, His percentage is much higher than yours! eg 100% I think I'd have to see if it happened again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trisha 1 Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) These are "softies" and I think generally reflect calcium deficiency. If your get good quality layers pellets, Oyster shell grit, plenty of free ranging, clean water, plenty of daylight and sunshine, a goodly supply of green veggies, they will soon lay beautiful eggs and your softie problems will be but a memory You can give them natural live yogurt which they'll eat with relish, or a little limestone powder sprinkled on their layers pellets (only a sprinkling mind). If things don't improve then there are calcium tablets which are water soluble which can be given but I'd try all the other possibilities first. Edited May 10, 2010 by trisha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 These are "softies" and I think generally reflect calcium deficiency. If your get good quality layers pellets, Oyster shell grit, plenty of free ranging, clean water, plenty of daylight and sunshine, a goodly supply of green veggies, they will soon lay beautiful eggs and your softie problems will be but a memory You can give them natural live yogurt which they'll eat with relish, or a little limestone powder sprinkled on their layers pellets (only a sprinkling mind). If things don't improve then there are calcium tablets which are water soluble which can be given but I'd try all the other possibilities first. Trisha, thank you for your reply, again good advice. They have most of the above. I will try the live yogurt and await the next eggs to be laid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trappa 518 Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Thin, porous or shell-less 1.Inheritance influences porosity and ability to produce strong shells 2.Lack of sufficient calcium, phosphorus, manganese or vitamin D3 3.Vitamin D2 mistakenly substituted for D3 4.Excess phosphorus consumption, especially by older hens 5.Ingestion of sulfanilamide (sulfa drugs) 6.Disease: Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, avian influenza, Egg Drop Syndrome 76 7.Hens exposed to temperature over 85-90°F 8.Age of hens: incidence higher with older hens 9.Premature laying of the egg dont know if this is any help mate,bored so just looked it up +1 Great reply Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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