Poor Egg Condition

[BobsRanchita]

Well. I can chock this up to not having a rooster in the past. If you have a rooster make sure your eggs are collected EVERY day. It only takes for days for a baby to develop to the point it has eye spots.

 

[KristHen]

Who collects the eggs? Are they shaking them?

 

[K C]

Following this thread for educational purposes and the hope of help. I have an approximately one year old bantam Phoenix hen that has had soft-shelled eggs lately. Now at day 12 for calcium+D3 and had another bad egg today (so far someone is eating the faulty eggs and I find the shells, or part of them, on the ground early mornings). Ordered Redmonds Agriculture Conditioner (minerals) that will arrive soon. Hoping it's simply some kind of deficiency that can be eliminated by adding that to their feed. They are on organic layer crumble, free choice oyster shells and a separate free choice grit plus some organic scratch daily. A couple of the older girls (four years) have also had shell issues, but responded positively to the calcium+D3 even though they don't necessarily lay as often at this point. I'm baffled. I posted separately about this around a week ago and someone posted that they'd tag an educator, but they never responded. I'd appreciate help/suggestions as well. I didn't expect such a young hen to have shell quality issues. She acts normal otherwise.

 

[LaFleche]

plus some organic scratch daily.

I would stop the scratch to see if the shell issues improve by just feeding them the layer crumbles.

If you see much residues/leftovers in form of dust, you can use it for mash just adding a bit of water or greek yoghurt so they will get all the nutrients.

Vitamin C can also help with forming better egg shells.