proudmommie31
Songster
I have noticed that one of the hens, I don't know which one but I only get one a day) is laying eggs with a chalky surface. Not every day but a few times a week. Otherwise the egg is perfect shaped and hard shelled. I googled and read that it can be caused by stress. I had three next boxes (15 hens) but they were all different and they only used 1, sometimes 2 of them. I've been finding eggs on the coop floor if they couldn't get into the "preferred" box. Tonight I went out and took those out and put 4 new, exactly the same design, nest boxes in the coop. They eat Purina Layena Omega 3 (oyster strong the bag says). Is there anything else I might need to do for them, or will adding the additional box and making them all the same do the trick? (of lessening stress and providing plenty of nesting space)
*no signs of illness, bright eyes, glossy feathers, eating and drinking fine for all
* 8x10 coop, 16x30 run/coop combined space, they mostly freerange all day
*15 hens
*Had 3 next boxes, all different designs, now have 4 exactly the same boxes
*they have all only been laying for about a month
*no signs of illness, bright eyes, glossy feathers, eating and drinking fine for all
* 8x10 coop, 16x30 run/coop combined space, they mostly freerange all day
*15 hens
*Had 3 next boxes, all different designs, now have 4 exactly the same boxes
*they have all only been laying for about a month