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I just bumped this to thank the people who gave me advice on my chicken's egg problem. I have switched to a laying mix and her eggs have gotten progressively smaller. It looks like she is back to normal now. She certainly seems happier and is complaining less. Thank you from both me and Pru. 💐 <3

That's why I was giving them the flock raiser to keep the non-layers from getting too much. Now that they are all laying, I think I'm going to switch. Thank you for your insight! I love this site because I learn so much about my birds and their needs.

Currently the feed does not have oyster shell and I have been letting her free feed oyster shell when she wants it. I'm guessing I need to switch to a laying mix that has the calcium already mixed in so that she doesn't over do it and remove the separate oyster shell.

Thank you for your reply. I don't use much artificial light (only a heat lamp on the coldest nights) so that likely isn't it. I will watch how much protein I am giving her. I have been feeding flock raiser with oyster shell while the younger two weren't laying yet, but maybe I should get them...

Hi! I haven't posted here in awhile, but I have a question. My 2 year old buff orpington hen started laying again this spring, so far so good, but it seems now that she is laying a lot of almost unusually large eggs. One nearly covered my palm and fingers (almost goose or turkey sized...), boy...