Soft eggs

[Markw84]

The soft shelled eggs are just your sully getting the reproductive tract going. I have never seen or heard of them being viable. Young chickens will also lay eggs with no calcification (shell) when just getting started laying. It can happen any time, but most common with first year layers. Not at all an indication of low calcium or D3. Just a young reproductive tract. Greg - @ALDABRAMAN just had a female lay a few of those shell-less eggs.

 

[Ray--Opo]

In your opening post you stated she layed several eggs in the last few months. What about the eggs you found early? I'd assume you'd be able to see something by now if they're viable.

Those eggs were soft also. I didn't candlestick them.

 

[Ray--Opo]

The soft shelled eggs are just your sully getting the reproductive tract going. I have never seen or heard of them being viable. Young chickens will also lay eggs with no calcification (shell) when just getting started laying. It can happen any time, but most common with first year layers. Not at all an indication of low calcium or D3. Just a young reproductive tract. Greg - @ALDABRAMAN just had a female lay a few of those shell-less eggs.

Thanks the eggs were not shell-less but rubbery. But I would probably think the same thing you described is happening. Tom had explained that to me before. But I didn't think it would last this long. You are saying a year so that gives me a time-line. I got Ms.Sully from Maro2Bear in Sept. So I want to give her the best care I can.

 

[Tim Carlisle]

The soft shelled eggs are just your sully getting the reproductive tract going. I have never seen or heard of them being viable. Young chickens will also lay eggs with no calcification (shell) when just getting started laying. It can happen any time, but most common with first year layers. Not at all an indication of low calcium or D3. Just a young reproductive tract. Greg - @ALDABRAMAN just had a female lay a few of those shell-less eggs.

Great info!

 

[Ray--Opo]

You would not be able to tell anything regarding fertility until 21 days after the eggs start being incubated as I mentioned previously.

No more baby sulcatas are really needed by anyone, so my ideal recommendation would be NOT to incubate the eggs, hard though that may be to do.

I agree with you about there being enough baby sulcata's. The first clutch she laid and buried. I destroyed the eggs. It does mess with your head a bit.

 

[zovick]

I agree with you about there being enough baby sulcata's. The first clutch she laid and buried. I destroyed the eggs. It does mess with your head a bit.

I definitely agree with you. It is truly a hard decision to make, but it really is in the best interest of the animals.

 

[Ray--Opo]

I definitely agree with you. It is truly a hard decision to make, but it really is in the best interest of the animals.

Yep, there will be 20 new baby sulcata's at the pet store. Within a month or so they will be sold. If a pet store in my area sells 100 baby sulcata's a yr. I would hate to think of the success rate of survival.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Yep, there will be 20 new baby sulcata's at the pet store. Within a month or so they will be sold. If a pet store in my area sells 100 baby sulcata's a yr. I would hate to think of the success rate of survival.

Or the life some of the surviving ones will have...

 

[Ray--Opo]

Or the life some of the surviving ones will have...

Exactly

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

I agree with you about there being enough baby sulcata's. The first clutch she laid and buried. I destroyed the eggs. It does mess with your head a bit.

I want to say that I appreciate this choice. For similar reasons I crushed all my snail eggs back when I had them.