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ProChickens
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So i looked it up, and sea shell grit is used to grind down their food, it stays in their gizzard. While oyster shells dissolve in their gut, adding calcium. That might be your problem, they’re not getting enough calcium.
In the 20 year stretch,, I can remember less than 10 times, soft eggs. I think it would occur 1 or 2 and then correct itself.
BTW,, since day one,,,,of my chicken keeping,, I always gave the empty egg shells back to the chickens. I remember my mom doing that when I was a Lil Snipe about 8 years old... in a different land and different time.
Then at age 8 we moved to the city and no more chickens for many many years,, until got the backyard chickens as pets.
Ah okay, I'll probably feed them back their own shells but crush them up if that is fine. Also, would providing chickens with plain yogurt (as a treat) also help them?