Hello from Canada

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lil_chick

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Jul 12, 2009
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We've had chickens for quite some time now, everything has been going reasonably well (but not considered a pro). We have 8 chickens, 1 rooster, I have just replaced the old chicken nest with a new one which has a 10° slope towards the rear where I collect all the eggs. THe floor is lined with rubber on top of bubble wrap to help prevent any breakage of the eggs.

There is only one issue I am currently trying to combat - there is one chicken that insists on laying eggs with no shell. I just had the opportunity of witnessing this about 1 hour ago, which is why I'm here. I picked up the chicken and as it stayed there, perched on my finger, I fed it some broken egg shells from my palm (from breakfast) so we'll see if this changes anything within a couple days...
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Don't know about the shelless eggs. Maybe the chicken is just wired that way. Good luck.

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That's what I think, which is why I fed the shells (I'm still trying to figure out the part about the chicken sitting on my hand with no problems)
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Hopefully if that trick works, I'll increase the calcium supply in the feed. It already has oyster shells, but then it's the only chicken that does this...
 
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Is your hen just starting to lay eggs? I've heard this can happen and should clear up on its own. Its probably a good idea to keep up with the calcium though.
 
Welcome for Northern California. Might want to try some Oyster shell. I keep some available at all times in a separate dish. I had one egg recently that was completely shelled except for a quarter size soft spot on one side. - It was weird. Good luck.
 

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