painful egg laying - supplements?

[socks]

Two of my hens make quite painful sounding squawks during laying. This can go on for 15 minutes or so. They are about a year old. I am beginning to wonder whether there is a supplement I can give to help them out. A friend suggested adding more oil to the diet. Has anyone heard of this helping?

I saw something about adding calcium to the diet of chickens that are eggbound but so far no one is eggbound and I'm not sure if this would help.

Any ideas, thoughts on this would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[chfite]

I would offer that what you are hearing is the egg song. I have 8 hens and a rooster. When they all get going it is quite a cacophony. Yes, it can last for quite a while at times. One hen lays and they all sing credit for it.

Chris