jlwquilter
Songster
I appreciate your suggestion! I’m keeping the in mind if what I’m trying doesn’t work.
I feed back their shells. Free choice. The thin shelled eggs belong to 3 of my 4 leghorns. I narrowed down who the almost always broken/deflated balloon shell belonged to 4 days ago. Gave her scrambled egg with some powdered tums. Then 3 days ago I broke 2 other leghorn eggs in my hand when I fumbled them and lightly clutched them. I penned the 3 leghorns (Cruella’s eggs have always been fine) to feed them
Scrambled eggs and powdered egg shell but they were so freaked out being penned they wouldn’t eat. Then 2 days ago not only was there the now expected
Deflated leghorn egg but a brown one too. I suspect the brown egg is from a brand new layer and the egg broke when it fell after she laid it on the roost board. But to be sure it wasn’t also a calcium issue I went with powdered eggshell mixed into the fermented feed for all. A little extra for everybody for a few days is ok. Today all eggs had good shells.
I see all the hens except the leghorns hit the egg shell dispenser. I read that they - like other high producers do better on layer feed. I feed flock raiser. So the past 2 days I’ve also mixed in some layer feed into the fermented feed. And set up a separate feed tube with layer feed in it so the hens can chose which feed they want.
I’m eager to see how the eggs look tomorrow!
I feed back their shells. Free choice. The thin shelled eggs belong to 3 of my 4 leghorns. I narrowed down who the almost always broken/deflated balloon shell belonged to 4 days ago. Gave her scrambled egg with some powdered tums. Then 3 days ago I broke 2 other leghorn eggs in my hand when I fumbled them and lightly clutched them. I penned the 3 leghorns (Cruella’s eggs have always been fine) to feed them
Scrambled eggs and powdered egg shell but they were so freaked out being penned they wouldn’t eat. Then 2 days ago not only was there the now expected
Deflated leghorn egg but a brown one too. I suspect the brown egg is from a brand new layer and the egg broke when it fell after she laid it on the roost board. But to be sure it wasn’t also a calcium issue I went with powdered eggshell mixed into the fermented feed for all. A little extra for everybody for a few days is ok. Today all eggs had good shells.
I see all the hens except the leghorns hit the egg shell dispenser. I read that they - like other high producers do better on layer feed. I feed flock raiser. So the past 2 days I’ve also mixed in some layer feed into the fermented feed. And set up a separate feed tube with layer feed in it so the hens can chose which feed they want.
I’m eager to see how the eggs look tomorrow!