[amj]

O M G ! Please someone tell me what this is?
found on the floor of coop this morning...
It will be a long time before I have an egg for breakfast!

[matilda duck]

Is it squidgy and rubbery??
Looks like a shell less egg to me, nothing to worry about. Just make sure your girls have plenty of grit & oystershells available.

[treacleminer]

Its whats called a 'lash' - there are various threads on here talking about them, so if you search 'lash' you may find more information.
Are you hens rescue ones?

[amj]

it is squidgy and rubbery
and they are new hybreds 28 weeks old now

[treacleminer]

Looking more closely at the picture I think MD is right - expecially given the age of your birds. 

[amj]

Yes I had a closer look later on once my retching had stopped
an it looks like a yolk in there.... yuk
would it be a 1st egg as I have the light sussex that
has not laid yet... they all look ok today...bless poor little chicks'

[carolbriar]

That must have been a rude shock finding that lash this morning!  How many girls have you got?  Its good to hear you are getting some eggs from some of them but hopefully the lash will be a one off. 

[amj]

I am getting a bit worried now
since my last post I have found 2 more
soft shell less eggs in the coop' hardly an egg
just a messy goo with signs of a yolk'
I think it's my leghorn who has laid about
4 eggs so far' what can I do ?
is she ill ? Help again pls.

[too many girls]

you could up her calcium intake and see if that helps.

[amj]

Things seem to have settled back to normal
phew! 2 perfect eggs yesterday and this morning..
still waiting for harriette my light sussex  to perform'
 30 weeks old and not a sausage !  she  is a huge girl.