Owlalwaysbeme
In the Brooder
- Aug 11, 2023
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Hey everyone, I am wondering if my newly laying hen is egg bound or if I have a new layer in the flock. My Rhode Island red started laying October 15 and has laid an egg pretty much consistent every day sometimes every other day the shells and the eggs look extremely healthy however, this morning when I went out to the coop, I actually opened up the back portion where I normally clean out and found and under developed and that was opened with an exposed yolk in a very soft shell. I don’t know if this was from my Rhode Island red that’s been laying for the past week or two or if this is a new layer, I do have oyster shell as a supplement for calcium. I also noticed my Rhode Island Red this morning did come out and eat but now she’s kind of staying out of the way and acting a little off. I did pick her up and look at her vent, and her vent looks healthy. below are the pictures of the egg that I found this morning with the off shell and yolk along with the eggs since she has been laying. Her last egg I found was last night that was healthy looking. She also consistently lays in the nesting box’s. The soft egg was found inside the coop underneath the roosting bars. The only other brown egg layers in my flock are my two buff Brahma’s which are 20 weeks tomorrow I do have two Easter Eggers that are also around the same age. Wondering if anybody have thoughts on if this egg is from my Rhode Island red or if it’s a new layer. The shell color is a lot lighter than my RIR. Thank you