Shell Problems

[vintagegem]

Hi everyone, hope you're all enjoying this cooler weather today, I certainly am

and I know my hens are too!. I have 6 hens of varying ages with one laying already, she seems to get problems a few times a week with thin fragile shelled eggs, and I'm finding some squashed or with crazed or fractured shells

. I have oyster shell for her along with her feed and also a dish of crushed clean eggshell, they don't get a lot of treats but I do give them any vegetable trimmings or fruit bits I have leftover in the late afternoon, and they get hours of free range time too. Any suggestions on what else I can give her to strengthen her shells?

Also, as a side note I have a post on the buy/sell/trade section of BYC as I am selling 2 nest boxes that I bought, which were never used, they are the Little Giant type from TSC, you can pm me if you are interested, thanks and have a lovely day!

 

[vintagegem]

Still having problem with very thin shells that collapse and crack, also I think one of my other hens has started laying as I found a different colour egg today, that too was thin shelled, almost like paper

, any help would be appreciated...thanks !