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I have followed this site for a long time, I have had chickens for the last 8 years, I got 3 day old chicks this time instead of starter pullets, they are 6 months old and just started laying. I have one hen I swear has brain damage or something, she constantly paces back and forth in the run and runs up in the coop in between pacing, she is an Olive Egger hen, she has laid 5 normal eggs so far, yesterday she laid just the yolk, no shell. I have 6 hens and she is the only one doing this. I have very good layer feed with extra calcium and protein, has anyone else had a hen like this?
 
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I have followed this site for a long time, I have had chickens for the last 8 years, I got 3 day old chicks this time instead of starter pullets, they are 6 months old and just started laying. I have one hen I swear has brain damage or something, she constantly paces back and forth in the run and runs up in the coop in between pacing, she is an Olive Egger hen, she has laid 5 normal eggs so far, yesterday she laid just the yolk, no shell. I have 6 hens and she is the only one doing this. I have very good layer feed with extra calcium and protein, has anyone else had a hen like this?
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Good morning, welcome to BYC.
Some pullets have glitches when just starting out. Hopefully she will regulate. If she keeps laying shelless eggs, she may need to be dosed with calcium on a schedule.
As far as the pacing behavior, that is likely her trying to figure out whats going on, when she feels the urge to lay.
 
Mertzy19636 said:
I have followed this site for a long time, I have had chickens for the last 8 years, I got 3 day old chicks this time instead of starter pullets, they are 6 months old and just started laying. I have one hen I swear has brain damage or something, she constantly paces back and forth in the run and runs up in the coop in between pacing, she is an Olive Egger hen, she has laid 5 normal eggs so far, yesterday she laid just the yolk, no shell. I have 6 hens and she is the only one doing this. I have very good layer feed with extra calcium and protein, has anyone else had a hen like this?
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Hi, I replied on your identical thread over on the Chicken Behaviors forum.
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
New layer startup glitches. I would give her 630 mg of calcium citrate with vitamin D for a week to hopefully get her over the hump until her reproductive system fully matures. Good luck with her.
 

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