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HARD CASE TO CRACK: is this a one off or the start
of something more serious?
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SHELL-SHOCKED! That was how I felt when I collected the latest batch of eggs from my Scots Dumpys today and tried to pick up this egg pictured right. It had no shell!
As you can see it's perfectly formed and the membrane covering it clearly contains the egg white and yolk but it feels squishy and rubbery.
Let's hope it's just a one off. I'll put more oyster shell out for the birds to peck in case there's some sort of deficiency in their diet.
As usual, I'm blundering around in the dark on this one - any advice?
Hello Sister Ridley,
ReplyDeleteYour case is called shell-less egg. There could be many reasons for that. I have googled the term - shell-less egg, and below is the list of articles that might explain why :
[1] http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/16/thinshelled-eggs-and-shellless-eggs
[2] http://www.avianweb.com/eggproblems.html
One extra link : http://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf
Hope that helps!
Hello sister, u can try normal eggshells as well.
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