thin shells

  1. N

    Thin shells on two girls, what can i do?

    I have 14 layinghems, mixed breeds : golden laced wyandotte, Russian orloff, jersey giant, well summer and true blues. My two true blues have thin shells compared to anyone else and their two daughters, orloff roo, have thinner shells as well. Not as thin as the pure bred mommas but thinner than...
  2. H

    missing feathers, thin shells

    I have 10 hens: 4 Araucanas, 4 Barred Rocks, and 2 Lace Winged Wyandotte's. They were hatched March 2019 and layed 7-11 eggs daily. This year I'm getting 4-8 eggs daily I feed a popular chicken feed with oyster supplement. They also get fresh leftovers of meats and vegetables and chicken scratch...
  3. NH-Song

    Thin Shells

    I have a mixed-breed flock of hens (brahmas, isabrowns, barred rocks, wyandottes, jersey giants, an easter egger, and a rhode island red), in a good-sized coop with large windows. I'm in coastal New Hampshire. We moved them out of our basement a couple of months ago (they'd been spending nights...
  4. MichelleT

    Thin Shelled Eggs... an epidemic

    Hello all! I have 7 layers and 3 pullets close to POL. 1 is older (6-7 years is our best approximation) 1 is 2 years old the other 5 are a little over a year old. The older gal has had some thin-shelled eggs as she has aged. The others have been fine... until now... as of about a month ago...
  5. Urban Waddler

    Duck Egg Shells thin and bumpy.

    So, My 1.5 year old Pekin has always laid great, hard-shelled eggs with no blemishes. Lately, her shells have been rough, thin, and full of calcium deposits or rough build up bumps. I always thought those bumps meant too much calcium. But then, thin shells meant not enough. She gets one to two...
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  6. RoyalCoopMom

    One hen has thin shells- What to do?

    I have one hen, a 3 year old barred Rock, who lays a very thin shelled egg. The rest of my flock, a two year old and 5 pullets, are fine. In variably when she lays somebody breaks the egg and makes a mess. They have oyster shell available all the time and are on layer feed. What can i do...
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