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I'm still getting at least one broken egg each day -- none of them appear to be eaten, just top of shell broken -- and now that I'm comparing them, I think that the shells actually are sort of thin and papery on the broken eggs -- oddly, it looks like today even an egg from my girl who usually has really thick hard shells was broken.
Two questions -- will a mixture of yogurt and powdered milk usually take care of the problem or are there other things I should try too? And how much of this mixture and how often should I feed?
Also, since I put out "treats" morning and evening, like hen scratch, rooster feed, sunflower chips, etc., could they be eating less laying feed with oyster shell and too much of the other seed I give them? I hadn't noticed if they were eating less laying feed, but last few days I've been putting laying feed in with the "treat" feed so there are osyter shells there too -- should I cut back on the "treats" and give them just straight laying feed for awhile? I also give them greens and veggies in AM and PM and also give them meal worms about once a day.
Am heading north to feed store tomorrow and perhaps there's something there I should buy that might help this broken egg problem -- any advice would be greatly appreciated? Thanks!
Kerry
Two questions -- will a mixture of yogurt and powdered milk usually take care of the problem or are there other things I should try too? And how much of this mixture and how often should I feed?
Also, since I put out "treats" morning and evening, like hen scratch, rooster feed, sunflower chips, etc., could they be eating less laying feed with oyster shell and too much of the other seed I give them? I hadn't noticed if they were eating less laying feed, but last few days I've been putting laying feed in with the "treat" feed so there are osyter shells there too -- should I cut back on the "treats" and give them just straight laying feed for awhile? I also give them greens and veggies in AM and PM and also give them meal worms about once a day.
Am heading north to feed store tomorrow and perhaps there's something there I should buy that might help this broken egg problem -- any advice would be greatly appreciated? Thanks!
Kerry