Hi all,
I've got one hen, a Cuckoo Marans, that started having egg laying problems with a heat wave we had back at the beginning of July. I noticed she had stopped laying when the heat came in but when she started again, it has been either a rubbery shell thing with what looks like a tail or the egg is laid without a shell or a membrane. It comes out as basically a water balloon that had burst. The yolk is broken and it's a bit of a gelatinous mess. I had been giving her a calcium citrate + D pill for about two weeks but that didn't seem to do anything.
We've got cooler temps. now so I'm wondering if I should try the calcium supplementation again. Other than the egg laying, she is fine. No signs of mites/parasites, behavior is completely normal, eats normally and interacts fine with the other hens.
Any help is appreciate with this.
I've got one hen, a Cuckoo Marans, that started having egg laying problems with a heat wave we had back at the beginning of July. I noticed she had stopped laying when the heat came in but when she started again, it has been either a rubbery shell thing with what looks like a tail or the egg is laid without a shell or a membrane. It comes out as basically a water balloon that had burst. The yolk is broken and it's a bit of a gelatinous mess. I had been giving her a calcium citrate + D pill for about two weeks but that didn't seem to do anything.
We've got cooler temps. now so I'm wondering if I should try the calcium supplementation again. Other than the egg laying, she is fine. No signs of mites/parasites, behavior is completely normal, eats normally and interacts fine with the other hens.
Any help is appreciate with this.
