I have 2 Buff Orpingtons and 2 Barred Rocks. They have all started to lay within the past month. I think the Barred Rocks have been laying for 4 weeks, and the Buff Orpingtons have slowly joined in over the past week or two. Suddenly, I've had 9 eggs in 2 days! In the past 24 hours the 4 chickens laid 7 eggs! Only problem is, in the past 2 days 2 eggs have been soft shelled (those were the only ones not in the next box. They were laid on the ground outside of the run- like the chicken wasn't expecting it), and 2 were extremely brittle/thin shelled, and shaped funny.
When your chickens first started to lay, did you get any soft, or strange shaped brittle shelled eggs? I was think they may all be coming from one of my Buff Orpingtons, but I cannot tell if it is the same chicken every time. I know that it can mean they don't get enough calcium, but they are eating layers feed and sometimes get yogurt, and I think it's only one of them having this problem. Is it just a new layer getting the kinks worked out, or is there a bigger problem? Any help would be appreciated!
When your chickens first started to lay, did you get any soft, or strange shaped brittle shelled eggs? I was think they may all be coming from one of my Buff Orpingtons, but I cannot tell if it is the same chicken every time. I know that it can mean they don't get enough calcium, but they are eating layers feed and sometimes get yogurt, and I think it's only one of them having this problem. Is it just a new layer getting the kinks worked out, or is there a bigger problem? Any help would be appreciated!
