How to Stop Soft-shelled, Weak, & Weird Eggs for Good

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Dusty old egg ladies comment here ⬇️😂❤️👵🏽

[@djshortfuselittleredbirdpr4768]

😂😂😂 dusty eggs over here too!

[@MyronTheHen]

Do you think medicated feed would help any in lieu of antibiotics?

[@kimberlyraz6343]

Wooottt! 🤣

[@pennykoncz9683]

Dusty, wrinkly old egg lady - owning it❤!!! Loud and proud women!!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

@@MyronTheHenno, medicated feed has something called Amprolium in it and it only helps prevent coccidiosis. It’s is not an antibiotic. ❤

[@budmokie]

My eight year old hen was laying an egg almost everyday, minus winter, until the end of last summer. So often in her old age her eggs got more and more strange. Huge, bumpy, wrinkly. Now she’s in henopause 😂

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Relatable 😂

[@GloriaSanchez-fs7vx]

Lol

[@itsmelaura1533]

Same here, I have 2 hens that are 8 yo from my very first hens!

[@2iceblest]

I have to laugh because yesterday I had been working outside and the hens had been free-ranging. Cleaned the hen house, put them back, and went inside. Suddenly, I hear a huge commotion! All hens were squawking loudly! Run outside and I see two golden eagles hunting the fields. Once I was out, the hens stopped their squawking and gently clucked. I double checked that nothing got in with them. The pen has a wire roof. I told them, the eagles can’t get you! You’re safe! They were calling for me?!?

[@crankybanshee3809]

You're their Rooster.

[@2iceblest]

@@crankybanshee3809 Haha! Maybe so. My grandson is the chicken whisperer. They follow him everywhere.

[@crankybanshee3809]

@@2iceblest It's funny because it is true - you are their protector and provider of food (your grandson just might be their favourite "rooster"). :)

[@2iceblest]

@@crankybanshee3809 Thank you for the sweet words!

[@shoshanahsusanbrenner2224]

I do recycle the egg shells. I bake the shells to dry our the membrane and then crush the shells to a very tiny size and sprinkle that out on the ground in the barn yard.

[@lesliejacobs3002]

I see no reason to cook the eggshells..

[@victorbunch7725]

I use to do that also, Then my udder half and even her nurse said they found lil bits of shell in the eggs, I don't think that's possible but even if it is W.T.H. is a lil egg shell gonna hurt! Actually i think they got a lil shell in it when they broke it in the pan!!! lol

[@GracefulHaka]

You were not laughing alone. I laughed out loud at your joke. I can relate! I've kept a couple of lap-chickens for many years and find that I agree with, and relate to, almost everything you say. They are such an important part of my life and I can't imagine being without them. I have learned a few new things from you and, most importantly, found a good boost in my confidence by watching. Thanks for the bright spot in my morning.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

You’re so welcome!

[@لادينية]

Oh my gosh you look 30 !!❤

[@holynyork7124]

She sure does that shiny beautiful hair a favor, complimented by those gorgeous twinkly eyes. I so admired this lady. She rocks it, and is TRUTHFUL. She makes you feel like a friend! So good on you Lady President.❤❤🥚🐥

[@Noodleandthepoodles]

Two young hens laid fairy/dwarf eggs over here this week!

[@deannamares7863]

I love your attitude. You are so kind!❤

[@heatherbuggar]

I have had EVERY type of egg you mentioned! The only type I haven’t seen yet is an egg inside an egg. They always keep me on my toes 😂

[@shadyfieldhomestead1974]

How do you still have grass in their run? My chickens are so destructive, I’m pretty sure they are sizing me up and thinking how they can destroy me 🤣

[@cathryndenson2076]

😆😂🤣 That describes all of my animals. 😅 I say it every day.

[@JenniferSnyman-q2o]

I absolutely love your combination of humor, compassion, wisdom and practical advice, Ms President. From an admirer in South Africa.

[@Baltman0809]

That new baby is soooooo cute ❤

[@Clydesmith2119]

Hi Dahlia. enjoy your videos and content with your honest input. We have two EE that both developed lash eggs about the same time when they were 4 1/2 years old. We got them from the same hatchery at the same time Missy has always had issue of laying an occasional soft shell egg then at 4 1/2 came a few lash eggs. A week or so from that point we saw yolk coming from her vent and knew her egg broke inside. We took her to the vet and she did X-rays to confirm she has the membrane inside still. We were lucky is was towards the end and she was able to flush it out. Knowing Missy’s past on soft shell she talk to us about the suplorean implant to stop egg production. We went that route and in our case the lash eggs stopped. So right or wrong she is on birth control for about a year now and is doing amazing at 5 1/2 years old. Of course we reimplant when she starts squatting. Our other EE Gracie we thought was doing better but the lash eggs come back. We did the implant on her but she was not as fortunate and we lost her last year. She was my wife’s dearest and as you know it is very difficult. We to this day kick ourselves saying why didn’t we just implant both at the same time. Would that have made a difference 🤷‍♂️. Was Missy just lucky 🤷‍♂️. We feel our diet for our girls is good. We keep the coop clean. It has sand floor and wife cleans daily. Sorry for the long comment but just wanted to share our experience.

[@christinawyckoff2164]

Thank you for your help and information and God's blessings and happy Easter 🐰🐰

[@ThatAnimalChannel]

Im going to a poultry breeders show this saturday, taking one of my Mille Feur Sablepoot hen that i hatched out last year! Also taking one of my veternarians blue splash sumatran cockeral bantam! Im super excited to go to my first one! I could only imagine running into you there!❤ I would total fangirl!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kimberlyraz6343]

Those wrinkly old dusty eggs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣We should start a club!!!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

😂😂😂👵🏽

[@katharinecox5200]

😂👍

[@eddieabernathy5998]

Our girl Joan Jett Had A Lash egg last year. we treated her with oregano oil in their water for 2 weeks. She did not lay for a few months or through the winter but now she is laying normal eggs. Maybe not as many as before but she is also 4 years old . I'm not sure if it was the oregano oil or if we just got lucky.🐓

[@thisorthat7626]

Oregano oil is a wonderful antibacterial and antiviral. it helps people too. You did the right thing.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

That’s awesome!!

[@rainbowconnected]

So glad you were able to help her and that she's okay! How much oregano oil did you put in their water? Raspberry leaf tea would be a good addition for the older hens, especially those who have had issues. It's very tonic and supportive for the reproductive system.

[@eddieabernathy5998]

@@rainbowconnected three drops per gallon

[@Clydesmith2119]

Glad Joan Jett got through it. Lash eggs can be serious. Love the name ❤

[@theproperty541]

I just posted a video of my weird chicken egg and some in the comments said it looked like a smooth stone, and I agree…it was a super weird one with flat sides!! I have never gotten one like that before.

[@trekster7777]

OMG, this is my first time raising chickens, 4 barred rocks. I got them in Feb '24. They started laying late july and all at the start of Aug. Small eggs, most days 4 eggs, and a couple of days 3. All looks fine, nice shells. Supplemented oyster shells at will, and their crushed shells mixed in feed. Here in central TX we just went through temps over 100 for several weeks. Their coop and run is shaded and has a shade cover over it. I put a fan, wet the run, put ice in their waters and their foot bath. On the hottest couple of days - 110-112 I even put ice cubes on the wet ground when they were panting a lot. That worked to cool them down. During all of this their egg production was steady as above. Now, TODAY, I checked the box and there was one egg at 11:30 and this was unusual as there are most days at least one more, so I checked the coop and I saw an egg that looked wet (it was intact but very soft and had a spot about nickel size hard shell that was rough) and then not but a couple of inches from it one that was open with a very soft translucent "shell". Question can a hen lay 2 such eggs when they lay? Like one didn't pass as usual and then the next day it does with another one.? I didn't see the open one yesterday, could have missed it, but only got 3. I do not know if it was from yesterday or if from one hen or there are two laying such. They look and act fine, eating and drinking, begging for treats, scratching and pecking when they free range in the morning. I am just freaked out because they just are getting over from foul pox. Jezzee, what next?? Should I be concerned? Edit to add: I got 3 good eggs today and the soft shell one. I identified at least one of the hens who laid a good egg.

[@capnjan9835]

Your videos are so fun! I also love your glasses!

[@evanorvell8368]

I have a 5 yr. old EE who has never laid a normal egg--only little blue fairy eggs. She's still my most reliable layer!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Glasses is on fleek

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

😂🤓💅🏽

[@tracyroake2815]

She is absolutely darling!

[@surgicaltechcrafter2169]

Stress egg here. I had my very first soft shell egg 2 days in a row all because i had to put a saddle on her. You would have thought we were murdering her lol. I also switched my oyster shells to the flakes. I dont think they liked the stone size ones. I bake and crush my egg shells and mix them in the oyster shells and i noticed they will sift through to get those ones out.

[@toniebonilla3165]

This winter I got my first weak egg shell. Right at beginning of winter. They spend the summer forging. Now they were in the winter coop. Thanks for info. Stress I'm sure. Cleared up. My girls love to have their eggs baked and mixed with dried herbs. My leghorns are always messy. No mites or parasites. Just messy. This is wonderful thank you.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

You’re very welcome!

[@toniebonilla3165]

@@WelcometoChickenlandia ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@holynyork7124]

Oh, we give eggs not sell them, now getting 10 - 18 a day! The Amazon drivers bring our packages, then sprint to their vans, ducking me waving with egg cartons in my arms! Of course a few honk, ( my que to bring out a dozen or two for them). The fun never ends.

[@victorbunch7725]

I would'nt give Amazon air if i had them in a big jar! child trafficking bas-turds!!!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Thanks for this video Dalia. It is so reassuring. I used to get a few double yokes and was like gosh yall working overtime!

[@mickybearden9641]

Great info!!! Fabulous HairDo

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Thank you!!

[@craftymicheller1]

thank you so much for the information and in a fun way !!!

[@carlasenecal3434]

Thank you for giving such needed help. We have issues.

[@Marilou-g5t]

To minimize paracites, rotate paddocks like Joel Salatin does with his various portable poultry structures. His structures are in his book with cut lists, photo directions, and why each structure is made the way it is made. Polyface Builds is the book.😊

[@cathyotterman2173]

We had a very sick chicken 6 weeks ago. She is a 2 year old Isa Brown, we named Bossy, that was already separated from the others because she is a bully. I was pretty sure it was salpingitis. She was bloated and just sat around with her eyes half-closed. She laid a lash egg so that pretty much confirmed it and we thought she was going to die. We didn't have access to antibiotics so we gave her a dropper full of colloidial silver as a last ditch effort. Later that afternoon she appeared to be better so we continued giving this to her for several days along with probiotics sprinkled in her water. About a week later she started laying perfect looking eggs every single day! I have just been cooking them and feeding them to the dog as I'm not sure if they are safe for us to eat. She appears totally back to normal and is her old sassy self again. She wasn't eating at the time so we had to use a dropper to carefully give her the colloidal silver at first. When she started eating again, we put the silver on little pieces of bread. Once a lash egg is laid, I read that they don't live very long and probably won't lay any more eggs, but she seems fine now.

[@thisorthat7626]

My older hens will lay a lash egg now and then. I give them more protein and calcium and it seems to fix the eggs right up. They have laid lash eggs every once in a while over the past 2 years so I think the idea that they won't live long is false. Thanks for the tip on colloidal silver on bread. Glad Bossy is better!

[@hurricanevolf7165]

I have a hen who was not laying when I got her (one year) and she just started to lay again and they looked so weird. I given her crushed oyster shells and I think it saved her and also getting her out of the situation she was in helped so much.

[@sharicampbell9068]

Eggs silent video! Thank you friend!

[@thatonegirl1837]

😂😂😂 You're the best!

[@francesbunderman8096]

Thanks Dalia,I give my chicken eggs away too,also freezing, and glassing eggs

[@susanmeadors2733]

Great video! Funny 😂 Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@nogames8982]

I feed fermented grower feed to all my chickens, no matter their age. Then I have oyster shell on the side. They also get all the yard waste and kitchen scraps. And their egg shells back. And they get out in the yard at least three days a week to eat bugs, etc. So I think they have a pretty very diet. I have gotten a few weird eggs over the years, but nothing too major. My favorite one was a perfectly shape egg, but it was forest green. I guess that chicken used all the color up on one egg.

[@julienorthup4945]

I found my first eggs this week!

[@kenwindsoron1399]

🇨🇦🇨🇦hello from Canada I just purchased your ( let’s all keep chickens paperback ) I love it and just felt the urge to buy your book to support you , I get my 12 chickens on April the 2 nd 2024 and built an 8x16 coop I can’t wait ❤️❤️🙏

[@katharinecox5200]

I sometimes get an odd egg too. I have a chicken block in the oven to give my babies tomorrow for rainy day boredom buster and health booster ❤

[@ejaynjie7379]

Thanks for sharing am from Gambia am doing research thanks for good lecture

[@lljl5310]

Thank you....i loved your joke! 🤣

[@tamasitarod3176]

Yes weird eggs here too.

[@garyhempel6316]

i have not yet had any of these egg issues. I guess im just blessed. I am just starting to try to make a channel . if you have any hints or tips I would appreciate them. I love your channel.

[@angelapardue6588]

Love your glasses......I know it doesn't have anything to do with chickens...lol

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

But it’s still important! Thank you! 🤓❤️🐔

[@Thefightfortruth]

Never have problem with not laying in winter-no light supplement either.

[@tamararoberts9307]

Me either so far

[@terryking6537]

I agree 100%. I wañt my chickens to have the best life they cañ have.

[@elbasset7214]

Omg that's what they said when I asked on Facebook why I have a wrinkly egg is calcium. It was a hard wrinkly egg

[@BluePeacocks421]

I love your glasses!

[@tamasitarod3176]

My eggs are dusty too lol

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

😂😂😂

[@tgoodall3600]

My coop is in full shade. I had weird eggshells until I added the omega 3 marigold supplement to their water. Perfect eggs, and they lay everyday

[@2iceblest]

I have one young hen who suddenly had a poopy butt but I cannot find a reason why. She looks clean to me. I will keep checking but I do t see any parasites. It’s still pretty cold so I’m reticent to wash her behind and make her cold.

[@tamasitarod3176]

I LOVE LEGHORNS

[@holynyork7124]

Love your hair, so pretty!

[@VickyYoung-qg7fd]

Hi Dalia were can you get the net that goes over the chicken coop what is it called n made of?

[@Thetimecapsuletx]

My hen is broken. I think her shell maker is no longer functioning. She rarely tries to lay an egg but when she does, it’s just membrane with a little bit of yolk and white. She has done this for two years now. Otherwise she looks happy and healthy. We have oyster shells out and feed healthy foods. She is only one of 3 in the small flock so no stress. It’s very puzzling.

[@tabp8448]

I have one like that as well, BUT when I first got them 3 years ago, they got into some Styrofoam. I suspect she's the one that ate the most, and I attribute her eggs to those toxic ingredients in the Styrofoam. Thankfully, all the others are ok.

[@jlmoreno9549]

Dalia, seriously how do you have so much grass in your chickek run? My chickens have eaten every blade so their corral keeps growing or i have to let them range. Do you seed continuously?? 😮

[@annashairtrigger]

My alpha hen would only lay soft, shelled eggs for several weeks. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. I thought maybe scaly leg mites. She was suffering from that. My mobile chicken vet, I’m so lucky to have him, examined her and said she is lacking calcium. As the alpha, she’s so busy defending her role that she doesn’t eat as much as everyone else so I need to put eggshells in their food every day to boost her intake. She started to lay normally almost instantly! Now I add the eggshells every other day. I sprinkle a little into their fermented feed. The really horrible thing about the soft shelled eggs is that she is a nest sleeper, refuses to roost, so she lays in the egg mess all night long & her butt was always eggy. 🥴

[@Minnie-2018]

What is the name of that little green coop & run in the background of this video? This old brain has forgotten lol.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

It’s an Eglu Cube! I love that coop so much. www.omlet.us/shop/chicken_keeping/eglu-cube-large-chicken-coop-with-runs/?aid=TTQHVUBM

[@deborahmartin9672]

Great videos! Just wondering if you could please give me some advice. I have 6 Cornish cross hens and I usually get 2 eggs a day….once I had 3. Each day I’ll usually find 2 eggs that are soft….this has been going on for approx 3+ weeks…….This is their first time laying…they are now 23 weeks old…They are pretty healthy, foraging, jumping etc…..I just don’t know how long the soft eggs should be happening……I don’t actually know if it’s the same hens laying the good eggs… They certainly vary in size…some look very large and some just medium size…some more brown and some more pale.. I am in a colder part Australia so it is Autumn here…

[@TamiTeller-r5b]

So glad you talked about wrinkly eggs. My girls are going into their second summer and I have one laying wrinkled eggs more times then not.Also during winter I got two small eggs like they would have when they first start laying.All seem okay. Any suggestions? Combs and eyes are all great. I throw out the wrinkled eggs.

[@maksimdjordjevic3585]

U need to make a video showing us all ur babies!!!😃😃🤩

[@ykattar811]

I think 1 of my hens is Calcium intolerant. Whenever I give crushed egg shells or oyster shells. I get a soft egg, a few days later

[@samuraioodon]

Hi can you give them powder form of chicken shells? If that's ok how can I add it to their feed?

[@TheH20please]

Is there a safe for the flock way to add a color band to the hens' legs? I am getting 4 barred rock chicks. I have vision issues and would like to be able to correctly identify each sweet girl for health, etc record keeping. Thank you for any advice.

[@tabp8448]

You can order them online, but they're expensive if you're only tagging a couple of birds. I bought some zip ties in multiple colors and used those instead. (And they can be used for other projects around the house)

[@francesbunderman8096]

Yes,my reds bully my sweet,sweet silkies🤕

[@lrenna315]

Good morning, I have a mixed barnyard silkie hen that's a year old. For the last 3 weeks she has laid 3 soft eggs. Most of her eggs I believe are coming out fine but about once a week I get a soft egg from her. Should I be concerned? I do. Give access to crushed egg shells and oyster shells. They get fruit, veggie, protein kitchen scraps once a week. Layer freed daily. Any suggestions or input are welcomed.

[@dianneweatherley5904]

I have 2 Rhode Island Red Freedom Ranger pullets that are 26 and 28 weeks old. The older one has been laying for 6 weeks and has laid every day but once and then laid a double yolker the next egg. The younger one has been laying for 4 weeks and lays about 50% double yolkers but in the last 3 weeks has laid 2 eggs per day about 5 times. One will be either shell less, soft shelled or only with the white in it followed by a hard shelled egg with mostly yolk in it. Counting the weird and good eggs she has laid about 30 or more eggs. I've never seen or heard of anything like it. They eat a good quality layer feed and have oyster shell and vitamin water with cacium, D3, E, and some iron in it. I started the vitamins after the first couple of mishaps. Is she ever going to lay just 1 hard shelled egg a day with no weird eggs? Today she laid 2 in 2 hours, the first hard shelled, the 2nd was a perfect shell less egg of normal size

[@joseponcedeleon4866]

Hello I'm very new to the chicken world I now have 12 chickens 4 are now laying eggs . Can you give me advice is baking soda is safe for chickens. Or fresh Sense Arm and hammer safe to put outside the chicken run to combat smell that Attracts Flys. I do let them go outside the chicken run but I don't have them out very long.

[@bettytaylor9430]

?? Is food grade DE ok to put in the coop and their dust baths to help with mites?

[@tamasitarod3176]

I have a 4 year old that laid an egg the size of a quail egg.

[@dms8585]

Is there any hope for a rooster to stop being aggressive towards people or the hens? The 2 roosters will be a year in June.

[@dms8585]

The roosters are in different flocks, but they did come from the same hatchery.

[@tabp8448]

In my experience, I had to repeatedly hold the rooster down around the neck and shoulder area every time they would come at me, just as a dominant rooster would do to a smaller rooster or a hen. (just to show him I am the alpha "chicken".) It worked after a few weeks. Good luck with aggressiveness towards the hens though, I haven't figured that one out yet. 😂

[@dms8585]

@tabp8448 We did try holding one down like you said. Maybe we haven't done it enough times. We were thinking of switching the roosters in the hopes that it will throw them off. Otherwise, it will have to be the soup pot.

[@robertbates5537]

Good Morning... i am up to 7 hens with 2 of the omelet coops. One large, one small. Considering going to a home built coop for all in one. Which do you like better?

[@hollibriana]

Hi Dhalia. Today my kids and I found one of our hens (our only silkie) dead in our backyard. No visible signs of injury... possibly a broken neck? I've noticed over the last week that she has been completely alone 100% of the time back there. My bigger hens as well as the hens she grew up alongside had all seemed to have exiled her. Do you think my chickens may have killed her? Could she have died due to being kicked out of the group? I just think it's so sad and strange. She was perfectly happy and healthy yesterday.

[@victorbunch7725]

i have one young naked neck turken that lays really wrinkled eggs, And about once every mo. or two she will lay and egg as big or bigger than a duck egg i this this thing has like resting notch's on it & when she does that she will take a few days off! BTW have you ever wondered what kind of person it was that saw a chicken pooping an egg and thought hmmm i bet that would be good to eat??? lol

[@kdavis450]

I just turned 50 March 3rd (BOO). I always forget that we are so close in age.

[@UrCho1ce]

What causes blood inside all the eggs?

[@KT_keeper]

Hello, I have an issue, and I dont know what to do. I have 1 rooster and 7 hens. Everything was going well, birds are 2 years old. But one of the hens has started laying eggs without shell or membrane. I dont know which hen it is, its just a loose egg in the nesting box. They have plenty of oyster shell grit, and are fed Flock Raiser. Any ideas or suggestions? Please…

[@Enjoythepour]

Chickens are high maintenance, it seems. My goodness. I have your book and I follow a lot of good chicken people. I’m considering getting chickens, but it seems like they are going to cost a fortune. I thought 4 dogs were expensive! Need to do a cost comparison, before I commit to this.

[@baddogcustoms7496]

I have to ask where are you located that your eggs pretty much stop completely. In the winter time. I live in eastern North Carolina and it got down to 17° this year and in the month of January and February I had more eggs than I have ever had in my entire life. More than I’m getting now in the spring where it hit 90 today. I was mixing food from Tractor Supply together to make my own feed and using well what I call the basics, corn scratch, grains, layer, feed, black oil sunflower seeds, a diatomaceous earth & oyster shells & crushed eggshells 🤷🏻‍♂️ I mean nothing out of the ordinary. I walked outside every morning at daylight let my chickens out feed them sing to them when they sing to me go back in house eat breakfast enjoy my coffee 🤷🏻‍♂️ no artificial light no heat nothing. And no, I don’t have any cold, hardy breeds or anything I have roughly 8 red Highlander hens and the rest are bearded & non1bearded crested Polish breeds. And for some reason, literally everyone that I talked to online and in person who had chickens or knew someone with chickens I was getting more eggs and they were even people with three times as many chickens I don’tunderstand it.

[@shadowwolf143]

What if you only have one chicken laying soft eggs

[@MuhammadArshadMuhammadArsh-v9h]

❤

[@nogames8982]

Food grade diatomaceous earth added to the food cleans up poopy eggs in 24 hours. It’s never failed.

[@BillAccardi]

Chlorine dioxide in their water! Amazing!

[@bethpotter1227]

Holy cow you look 30 😮 not 50!