Laying eggs

[New2chickz]

If you have soft shells crush up normal shells really well and mix them in with the chickens food congrats on the first egg btw

My girls haven't started yet should they get shells too? Should this be incorporated into their regular food alot?

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Um I don't really know lol I will find people who so @RiverStorm @The Angry Hen??

 

[aart]

Pellets should be the biggest part of their diet. I

Ditto Dat^^^
Need to know the protein and calcium percentages in the pellet feed.
It's on a tag sewn into bottom of bag.

continue giving them calcium supplements in their food.

Any calcium supplementation(like oyster or egg shell) should be offered in a separate container, not mixed into feed.

New layers need a month or so to work the kinks out of the system before jumping to conclusions about needing supplements.

 

[SpaghettiJo]

Yes! Sorry, I see how that was misleading.. I only use pellet feed, so I dont have much experience in the supplement area.. and thankfully i haven't needed to give my girls any emergency doses of it

 

[The Angry Hen]

Hello, thanks for mentioning me. I agree with the first post to this thread, soft shelled eggs are perfectly normal for new layers. Sometimes a chicken will lay two eggs a day...

For this reason, were they small? I have two hens in one flock (long story) and sometimes I get three eggs a day! Normal, rare, but possible.

Also, I agree with the first post probably both are laying. Have a good day! Hope my info and experience helps.

-Kaitlyn