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I don't let my chickens free range (my dogs aren't chicken trained and we have occasional predators and my chickens are like my children :p ). They have a nice, big covered run and coop, but I still feel a bit guilty for not letting them roam the yard for snacks, so I try to give them as many...

I'm hoping she can heal during this autumn/winter. From what I can tell, she is able to expel the rubbery shell (but I don't know if the shell bursts when it hits the coop floor (wood shavings over dirt) because I find the remnants first thing in the morning, or if it breaks while she's...

Thanks so much! I lost her sister (my other RIR who I got from the same bin, so very possibly biological sisters) last month due to complications from what I suspect was egg yolk peritonitis (she had water belly and when we tried to drain her, she ended up getting liquid in her lungs and died...

Thanks! I honestly don’t care if she ever laid another normal egg for the rest of her life. My fear is that it’ll eventually lead to egg yolk peritonitis or some other complication ☹️.

Thanks everyone! So update: My RIR, Hattie, is STILL laying soft-shelled eggs (I often find them beneath the perch beneath her - broken on the ground with the shell either split or kind of crumpled). I've been feeding them a mix of Super Egg (pellets with a tiny bit of oyster shell and hen...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone! I’ll try out these different suggestions and see if it helps :wee .

I’ve never offered grit because I live in an area that is basically sand and figured that would be enough (since the egg shell problem never been an issue in the past). Now I’m wondering if I should try adding some into their oyster shell mix …

Good point. I already have a good supply of the Feather Fixer mixed with All Flock (refilled my bins about a week ago) and I do have a few more roos in their own space (so I can keep feeding them the All Flock/FF mix without the added Layer Pellets). I also have two 19 week old pullets who...

The website says there is between 3.25% and 3.75% calcium in the Nutrena brand of Feather Fixer. But I’m looking to add in more calcium in the hopes that it’s just a calcium deficiency (and not a genetic or reproductive issue that I have no way of fixing) that’s the issue. I was searching...

Hello chicken people! So here’s my dilemma … I currently have two hens laying soft or shell-less eggs. I feed the flock All Flock and Feather Fixer with scratch offered every other day. I have a dish I keep full with oyster shell and clean, dried egg shells for them at all times. Just...