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Our one chicken has been laying now for a few weeks... VERY nice eggs! nice thick shells, dark yolk, good whites!!! Our other hen looked like she was trying to lay for 3 days now! would sit down and put her back end up... she was in the nesting box this morning trying for all she was worth...nothing..... she was lathargic the rest of the day and would not move much... she was just on our deck and PLOP went the egg... pure rubber...... We have oyster shells as a part of their regular food...not a ton, but a bit in there with kale and laying hen pellets and they get their treats of walnuts or whatever for the day... our other hens shells have been fine...
is this just a first egg snafu for this younger hen just starting out? Is is possible she was really trying to lay it for 3 days???
thanks for any assistance.......
poor girl is really having a hard time of it
Update: In case anyone else has this issue.... just to let you know it is Jan 5 and Georgie laid a perfect egg today... nice thick shell, medium in size, and she had no issues at all... She did get in the nesting box and when i came into the run to do something she got back out to see what i was doing... not sure if her egg boundness was from the fact that she gets distracted and STOPS laying?? if they can even do that.... but her eggs are fine and she was not egg bound again
is this just a first egg snafu for this younger hen just starting out? Is is possible she was really trying to lay it for 3 days???
thanks for any assistance.......
poor girl is really having a hard time of it
Update: In case anyone else has this issue.... just to let you know it is Jan 5 and Georgie laid a perfect egg today... nice thick shell, medium in size, and she had no issues at all... She did get in the nesting box and when i came into the run to do something she got back out to see what i was doing... not sure if her egg boundness was from the fact that she gets distracted and STOPS laying?? if they can even do that.... but her eggs are fine and she was not egg bound again
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