Yesterday Snow laid a hard shelled egg inside a soft shelled egg for the second time but she looked fine. Today she had the humped posture that indicates struggling with egg laying. As she had laid yesterday morning I expected another weird egg tomorrow morning.
By late afternoon Snow looked back to her normal self again. I checked the nest boxes and Snow had laid again. This time it was normal sized but soft shelled. It also had what looked like a mini bit of soft shell with it.
When I opened the soft shell it had a normal egg inside.
It seems as if Snow is laying too many eggs in quick succession. The trouble is there is no way either she or we can slow it down. I am really worried that this will eventually be her down fall but there is nothing that can be done about it.
I wish Snow would take a break but nature will take it’s course and all we can do is hope that she will continue to get her eggs laid.
The annoying thing is, that when Snow started laying she laid tiny torpedo shaped eggs. I was really pleased because I thought this meant she wouldn’t have egg laying problems. Something has obviously changed internally. It’s very frustrating. We can only keep our fingers crossed for her.
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Such a shame, always something to worry about.
It is a worry because it doesn’t bode well for her future.
It feels as though it is less bad than yesterday; as you say, sooner than expected, so the ‘adding the shell’ function did not have time. You’re right that there is nothing to be done – other than hope. 🙂
I can only agree with everything you say.
No doubt this will be the pattern for the rest of the laying season. So pleased tpo hear that Snow has produced an egg with a good, hard shell.
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We seem to constantly only have three girls laying. I am sure there has never been so few laying in past years despite broodies. Snow laid again today and again it was near normal. Hard shell and only a very slight wobble in shape. I hope she continues laying these improved eggs.