calcium deposits

  1. K

    Eggs have too much and too little calcium?

    I’m really hoping someone here can help. I have a 2 year old chicken that has laid eggs with calcium deposits. But now she is laying soft eggs and they also seems to have calcium deposits!? soft eggs are breaking inside of her now and I just put her in an epsom salt bath and one broken and one...
  2. And now we have chickens

    What is going on with these eggs?

    We have four Easter Eggers. Year and 3 months old. Two of them lay green eggs, the other two lay blue. Over the last month, the blue layers have been laying eggs with major calcium deposits. However, I keep finding completely smashed blue eggs in the nesting box as well as Death Star blue...
  3. M

    Egg Quality Issues

    I’ve had some problems with egg quality in my flock recently, and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. First, one of my ameraucanas started laying eggs with lots of calcium deposits on top a few months ago (I haven’t actually seen anyone lay, but I’m 99% sure it’s her). She’s...
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  4. Qquails899

    Weird droppings

    Today I realized that something is wrong with one of my quails. Her droppings were quite unusual. Very watery with urates and foam. She also poops more often, like every 4 or 5 minutes. She has a problem since January, she started drinking excessive amounts of water and I think it was because of...
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    • Forum: Quail
  5. Mtnboomer

    Bumpy Eggs

    Hello, My 6 Brahma hens are laying on avg 4 eggs a day (which is great for them) but at least 1 out of 4 will have extra calcium deposits on the exterior of the shell to varying degrees. I know the eggs are edible and OK, and I was told that the deposits come from the hen "holding on to it" a...
  6. Acre4Me

    Calcium Deposits on eggs Qs

    We have a Black Jersey Giant who often lays eggs with some mild calcium deposits. But, today....its almost as if she's put all her extra calcium on one egg! It seems to be an individual thing, anyway. We have an EE that lays super strong and thicker egg shells, but they are perfectly...
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