Proof in the Eggs

[bwalters]

Mine have some sort of light 24/7 as they share their coop with 8 rabbits and their offspring. Since I don't personally eat a lot of eggs and no longer have an 'egg business' it doesn't matter how many I get until it gets closer to end of jan when i start collecting to hatch in my incubator for chicks born late Feb and outside by end of March from brooder. I am having a problem with misshaped eggs? any ideas on that question...is it my feed or something lacking in their diet, could it possibly be coccidiosis? and what are the symptoms of it

 

[aart]

Mine have some sort of light 24/7 as they share their coop with 8 rabbits and their offspring. Since I don't personally eat a lot of eggs and no longer have an 'egg business' it doesn't matter how many I get until it gets closer to end of jan when i start collecting to hatch in my incubator for chicks born late Feb and outside by end of March from brooder. I am having a problem with misshaped eggs? any ideas on that question...is it my feed or something lacking in their diet, could it possibly be coccidiosis? and what are the symptoms of it

Welcome to BYC!
Could be too much light, they need a dark period.....
.....not sure why rabbits would need 24/7 light either.
Might be better for you to start a new thread here and add all the details.
More questions will need to be asked/answered to pin down your problem and a solution.

 

[aart]

A very good discussion was posted by a poultry vet discussing supplemental lighting just yesterday.

@lazy gardener.... where?...link please?

 

[lazy gardener]

You would ask!!! I'll see if I can find it. It was posted by that skinny chick with the black hair who has her own chicken info site.

 

[lazy gardener]

Found it. it only took 21 minutes!

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/supplemental-light-in-coop-why-how.html

The quotes by the vet are about 1/2 way down the page.

 

[aart]

You would ask!!! I'll see if I can find it. It was posted by that skinny chick with the black hair who has her own chicken info site.

Found it. it only took 21 minutes!
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/supplemental-light-in-coop-why-how.html
The quotes by the vet are about 1/2 way down the page.

Oh, yeah, that's the one I've been passing around for a couple years.
Here's a pretty good article on supplemental lighting.

 

[lazy gardener]

Now, you tell me... could have saved me the bother!!!

 

[aart]

Now, you tell me... could have saved me the bother!!!

Sorry, I thought maybe you found a new one!

 

[Derry-NH]

Well I bought those baby chicks so they are grow up and lay eggs because everyone in my house loves eggs. Baby chick cost a couple bucks and then I got to buy these bags of food that half of it ends up on the ground so I might as well get eggs out of them as long as I can. When it stops laying eggs that means it's time to eat it and go buy another check.