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    Something wrong with eggs

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    Something wrong with eggs

    Another jumbo egg, today! This came from the same nesting box as the small, bumpy egg, yesterday. So, one of the 2 girls I've been watching, whom I "think" laid the soft eggs a couple days ago. This jumbo egg weighs 3 ounces!
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Thank you very much!
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Very helpful, thank you! I actually just ordered Purina flock raiser because it's 20%, and I have seen so many posts recommending 20% protein in winter. We are having very cold Temps, right now. I haven't used ACV in a while, but did add a drop of oregano oil in their water this last time, just...
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Each girl gave me a shelled egg, today. One is small, nearly round, and quite bumpy. I think I have a fair idea who laid it.
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Got it! I baked my eggshells, today. I'll keep doing that
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    Something wrong with eggs

    A rolling pin seems like a good way. I did just order a cheap coffee grinder, as Samantha suggested. It was only $18 on Amazon. Unfortunately, I used my last coffee grinder for glass (I'm a glass artist).
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Yes, I have seen them taking from the OS dish. I can't say I've seen them all do it. I will need to spend some extra time with them and take note
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Thank you. I will try to determine which girl is having trouble. In the meantime, I will try adding powdered shells to some yogurt. Does that seem like a safe approach for the whole flock? I've had oyster shell available from day 1. Today I sprinkled some on the ground and some in the feeder
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    Something wrong with eggs

    It "might" be just one, since I did get 4 normal eggs, today. I don't know which one, for sure. Would the extra calcium hurt the girls who are laying normal eggs?
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    Something wrong with eggs

    It will be here today or tomorrow. In the meantime, I gave tums, quartered (each girl got 1/2 a tablet worth), and crushed eggshell, mixed into OS. How many days should I give the Calcium Citrate? And is there a maintenance dose you recommend, thereafter?
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Thank you. They are in separate dishes. I wasn't very clear on that. I will sprinkle with egg shells on the ground. Do I need to prepare the shells in any way? Baking? What do you think about calcium carbonate? Too soon for that? If recommended, do I crush it before offering it? They are pretty big
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    Something wrong with eggs

    Thank you. It. Might be worth mentioning that it was a couple days ago that one of my girls layer an extra large egg. It had a single, very large yolk
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    Something wrong with eggs

    @Wyorp Rock @aart
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    Something wrong with eggs

    I have 5 RIRs. They are 6 months old. All were laying, daily. Yesterday, I only got 4 eggs. No biggie, I thought. Went out to collect eggs and clean the coop this morning and found 1, thin-shelled egg (frozen) under the roost, and what seemed to be a frozen, broken bit of egg (soft-shelled)...
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