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[BHep]

I STILL can't get up and used to the school schedule..... I sit here and dread daylight savings.

I guess I will have to start taking naps during the day.

 

[Moores6]

Morning
What is the best way to figure out who lays which egg? I have one (I think just one) hen who is laying thin shelled or no shelled eggs. I am getting one every day or so and 17 regular eggs. I have 20 hens and I think they are all laying.
Sharon

 

[wildriverswolf90]

Morning
What is the best way to figure out who lays which egg? I have one (I think just one) hen who is laying thin shelled or no shelled eggs. I am getting one every day or so and 17 regular eggs. I have 20 hens and I think they are all laying.
Sharon

I think I read somewhere you can put food dye or lipstick on their vent and the coloring will come off on the egg. This is just a guess, I could be totally wrong.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

Good morning everyone
to The Howards.
Hope you are all having a great morning. My morning routine has gotten twice as busy, as I recently took in a 3 month old heeler/Pitbull and a 6 week old Rottie/Pitbull.
Well, I'm off to school and get some grocery shopping done.
Hope you all have a wonderful day!

 

[BHep]

Morning
What is the best way to figure out who lays which egg? I have one (I think just one) hen who is laying thin shelled or no shelled eggs. I am getting one every day or so and 17 regular eggs. I have 20 hens and I think they are all laying.
Sharon

I think you need to add calcium to their diet. You can get oyster shell from the feed store and leave it in a dish, they will eat as needed or feed back some eggs or shells or both to your chickens. Just boil them up..mash them shell and all.

 

[BHep]

I think I read somewhere you can put food dye or lipstick

on their vent and the coloring will come off on the egg. This is just a guess, I could be totally wrong.

I have read about that also.... I seem to remember a very funny story about that. I do believe the dye was a fail.

And the thought of lipstick on the vent !!!

 

[Moores6]

I think you need to add calcium to their diet. You can get oyster shell from the feed store and leave it in a dish, they will eat as needed or feed back some eggs or shells or both to your chickens. Just boil them up..mash them shell and all.

They have oyster shells and I feed eggs shells and eggs back. I think it is just one. Everyone else's eggs are good

 

[Moores6]

I have read about that also.... I seem to remember a very funny story about that. I do believe the dye was a fail.

And the thought of lipstick on the vent !!!

Wonder if my hubby would help. LOL or would we just end up laughing our tushes off.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

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I have read about that also.... I seem to remember a very funny story about that. I do believe the dye was a fail.

And the thought of lipstick on the vent !!!

Cosmetic makeover for the chicken butt

 

[ramirezframing]

I have also read about the lip stick trick. don't know if it works or not as I don't do lip stick. but they say to use different shades on the girls and to remember which is which shade and not to wear those sticks again.

I just separate out in dog kennels till I find out who's laying it. Takes a couple of days but it works