Recent content by ogfd15

This sounds like what my hen may be experiencing. I'm not sure if you can tell from the pics, but her abdomen is swollen, her bottom is bare, tail feathers are droopy and I'm almost sure she isn't laying any eggs. I was looking to see if anything could be done for her within reason. Thanks!

After I started the oyster shells, it seems the problem has straightened out quite a bit. I plan on watching it a while to make sure this isn't a coincidence. However, I don't understand how extra calcium could reduce the pimples on eggs? Any ideas?

Thanks for your advice! The other hens do not seem to have issues other than maybe some thinner shells. They are about 1.5 years old and I just started to feed oyster shell yesterday. I forgot to mention that sometimes there are small granules of egg shell in the white next to the point of the...

Hi all, I'm new here and I'm needing some advice. I have four buff orpington hens and one rooster. It seems that one hen consistently lays eggs with rough bumps on the pointed end. These bumps are as big as a head of a pen and clustered together. They are incorporated into the shell and you...