Ok. I'm about to tell you something very shocking. Well, it was shocking to me since I'm not a real farmer, just a pretend one on a half acre lot in the big city.
Are you ready for this?
Chickens can lay eggs without shells!!
Seriously this has me completely freaked out! It seems our Lola is under some stress or isn't getting enough oyster shell or Vitamin D or calcium or something because yesterday she laid an egg with no shell. It had a membrane, a yolk and the white and was completely intact minus the shell. And it looked very, very weird to say the least. You could even pick it up (although I didn't) without breaking it.
Why didn't anyone warn me about this? Hello...farmer friends?
A little: Hey Heather, some strange things might happen to your girls like..no shell eggs for instance? Yeah, that would have been nice heads up. I was a mess seeing that egg on the ground. Ready to rush my girl to the vet to see why her insides were broken. Luckily, my best friend Google was there by my side to comfort me and tell me what to do in this emergency situation and remind me that everything was going to be ok.
So for now, I have Lola out in the sunshine, feeding her Vitamin D and a few organic Cheerio treats and playing calm songs for her through the kitchen window. Oh yes, I'm a riot. Go ahead and have a laugh at my expense. Seems I'm a complete idiot at this animal husbandry thing. At least I feel better knowing I've educated a few other unsuspecting chicken owners. Please tell me there's more of you who didn't know?
Here's hoping she'll be back to her normal self soon.
Will keep you posted on the Chicken Chronicles!
