one of my 4-5 month old layers laid a egg with no shell! they dont have a calcium source yet, just a few eggshells, but why is this?
no shell!!!!!!!!
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They need calcium to be able to make hard shells...
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yeah, i feed them some eggshels, and am getting a solid supply of oyster shells ASAP
It's just a "hiccup" in her egg laying cycle. Unless it happens all the time, I wouldn't worry about it.
Deb
Deb
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