Chickens first egg tastes funny

[howdyitsmia]

Our Buff Orpington, Matilda, just started laying a couple of days ago, and her eggs taste really strange. They have strong shells and they taste great at first, but they have a strange aftertaste of chlorine or something. We have been feeding her a medicated chick starter, with mealworms, scratch and sunflower seeds as treats. Is the taste just because it’s her first eggs?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Our Buff Orpington, Matilda, just started laying a couple of days ago, and her eggs taste really strange. They have strong shells and they taste great at first, but they have a strange aftertaste of chlorine or something. We have been feeding her a medicated chick starter, with mealworms, scratch and sunflower seeds as treats. Is the taste just because it’s her first eggs?
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She shouldn’t still be on chick feed.
What treats does she get? Plant wise, what do they eat?

 

[Buffbrahmasforever]

I think it is the medicated chick starter. At this point she should be well off of it and be on grower or starter/grower or layer feed.

 

[howdyitsmia]

She shouldn’t still be on chick feed.
What treats does she get? Plant wise, what do they eat?

I’ve read I have to keep her on that because we have some younger pullets that won’t start laying for a few months and I didn’t want them to get into the layer feed. Is that wrong?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I’ve read I have to keep her on that because we have some younger pullets that won’t start laying for a few months and I didn’t want them to get into the layer feed. Is that wrong?

Put them on grower feed. It’s for nonlaying juveniles. Plus, it won’t hurt to have free choice calcium.

 

[howdyitsmia]

I think it is the medicated chick starter. At this point she should be well off of it and be on grower or starter/grower or layer feed.

It is a starter/grower, I forgot to put that.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

It is a starter/grower, I forgot to put that.

But still, get her on All Flock ration or even layer, it won’t really hurt the younger birds. If you do all flock have some free choice calcium.

 

[howdyitsmia]

Put them on grower feed. It’s for nonlaying juveniles. Plus, it won’t hurt to have free choice calcium.

It is a starter/grower, do I need to switch to just a grower? And if not, will her eggs taste weird until she gets layer feed?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

It is a starter/grower, do I need to switch to just a grower? And if not, will her eggs taste weird until she gets layer feed?

Well, it certainly may be the cause. What do they eat as treats other than mealworms, and plantwise?

 

[howdyitsmia]

Well, it certainly may be the cause. What do they eat as treats other than mealworms, and plantwise?

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