My Three Chicks
Crowing
I had posted last week because my 15-month old hen started laying soft-shelled eggs and I thought she was eggbound. Well she's not eggbound so that's good. However, her laying has me puzzled so I'm back to get input. See her egg laying detail below:
Tues - normal egg at 9am & soft-shelled egg overnight
Wed - soft-shelled egg overnight
Thurs - no egg
Fri - no egg
Sat - normal egg at 9am & soft-shelled egg overnight
Sun - no egg
Mon - no egg
Tues - normal egg at 10am
Wed - normal egg at 1pm & soft-shelled egg overnight
Is this still just her working our reproductive kinks? She's been laying now for about 7 - 8 months and just started having this problem. It's so odd that she'll lay 2 eggs (a good one and a bad one within like a 12 hour span). And then some days she'll still sit in the nest box even after she's laid a bad egg the night before (but of course doesn't lay again). She's happy and healthy and acting normal otherwise!
They (4 hens) have free access to of oyster shells and crushed baked eggshells full time. (They love it and eat a lot of it!).
The past week I have also been giving her a half-tablet of Calcium citrate daily. And added apple cider vinegar to their water because I heard it helps with calcium absorption.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Tues - normal egg at 9am & soft-shelled egg overnight
Wed - soft-shelled egg overnight
Thurs - no egg
Fri - no egg
Sat - normal egg at 9am & soft-shelled egg overnight
Sun - no egg
Mon - no egg
Tues - normal egg at 10am
Wed - normal egg at 1pm & soft-shelled egg overnight
Is this still just her working our reproductive kinks? She's been laying now for about 7 - 8 months and just started having this problem. It's so odd that she'll lay 2 eggs (a good one and a bad one within like a 12 hour span). And then some days she'll still sit in the nest box even after she's laid a bad egg the night before (but of course doesn't lay again). She's happy and healthy and acting normal otherwise!
They (4 hens) have free access to of oyster shells and crushed baked eggshells full time. (They love it and eat a lot of it!).
The past week I have also been giving her a half-tablet of Calcium citrate daily. And added apple cider vinegar to their water because I heard it helps with calcium absorption.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.
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