Yes. I thought there was something wrong with the EE, but everything appeared fine. She laid thin shelled eggs and was acting off and thin.Is the EE skinned and the other plucked?
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Yes. I thought there was something wrong with the EE, but everything appeared fine. She laid thin shelled eggs and was acting off and thin.Is the EE skinned and the other plucked?
Was she older? My hen is starting to get like that, but she's almost 5. Her latest egg today was so thin a part of the shell stuck to the membrane and broke inwards. Egg was whole and solid but there was a hole.Yes. I thought there was something wrong with the EE, but everything appeared fine. She laid thin shelled eggs and was acting off and thin.
3 years old. Yes, she was older. Her eggs were breaking in the nest making a mess. Not always, but often enough to be an issue & were super jumbo from such a little girl.Was she older? My hen is starting to get like that, but she's almost 5. Her latest egg today was so thin a part of the shell stuck to the membrane and broke inwards. Egg was whole and solid but there was a hole.
Here st 6000 feet above sea level we have to limit feed so they do not die early these were 6 to 8 week birdsThose sound small, Must be processing early. The more I raise meat birds the more I realized that processing early is better. Saves so much on feed and I just do not need a record breaking heavy bird. I just need a little meat here and there to be healthy.
3 years old. Yes, she was older. Her eggs were breaking in the nest making a mess. Not always, but often enough to be an issue & were super jumbo from such a little girl.
How thick? The paper shelled eggs had me change from oyster shell on the side to layer feed with oyster shell on the side. Got the calcium up but I've still got one girl laying thin shelled eggs.My problem hen has huge eggs too. They used to literally be the size of my fists. Now they're longer and skinnier, but probably about the same size if you change the proportions
Sometimes when they get old, they just get depleted and there is not much you can do, especially if the hens continue producing a lot of eggs, or never go broody.They were sokid enough they used to bounce when I threw old ones (We throw old eggs cause we live I. The middle of no where). Now tgeyre paper thin. We've been giving egg shells back in their feed. But again, she is 5 and laying every day so I'm not holding it against her.
Sometimes when they get old, they just get depleted and there is not much you can do, especially if the hens continue producing a lot of eggs, or never go broody.