I gave the Rooster Booster Triple Action wormer for 5 or 6 day and I s and also gave a Rooster Booster vitamin supplement. The 2nd day I could swear all the eggs were a bit larger and I didnt notice the brittle sandy shells for a day two.
The eggs are now so brittle that they are breaking in...
Holy Smokes @Lady of McCamley that is quite a list in those articles...
the flock did go through a lot of stress recently with lice. I wagered war on them and it looks like they are gone but that doesnt necessarily be the cause of the barred rock having the brittle egg problem.
My feed is...
My hens are 1 and 2 years old.
One of my red stars has been laying brittle shelled eggs.
They are also loosing their brown color and getting teeny hard bumps.
I had a barred rock that did this last year and never went back to laying regular eggs. Sheeventually went to the stock pot.
My...