Soft shell Egg Laying

[4Chickens at home]

One of my barred rocks is laying soft shelled eggs often, maybe 2 times a week. I'm wondering if it is vitamins that she is not getting enough of. She is on bottom of the pecking order and smaller than the other BR I have, but she always has been. She is also shaking her head more than the others. I've looked her over closely, she does not have lice or mites or any other parasite (that I can see). They all have oyster shells readily available to them, and access to food all the day. They are free ranging in my back yard also.

 

[Tookie]

How old is she?
What do you feed them?

 

[4Chickens at home]

How old is she?
What do you feed them?

She is 1 year old and I feed them Family Farm egg layer 15 pellets from Manna Pro

 

[Tookie]

She is 1 year old and I feed them Family Farm egg layer 15 pellets from Manna Pro

How long has this been going on?

 

[4Chickens at home]

How long has this been going on?

For a couple weeks now

 

[Tookie]

For a couple weeks now

I think I'd get some calcium citrate +D3 and give her one tablet once a day for about a week and see if her eggs improve.

What exactly is this head shaking she's doing? When does it occur and how often?

 

[4Chickens at home]

I think I'd get some calcium citrate +D3 and give her one tablet once a day for about a week and see if her eggs improve.

What exactly is this head shaking she's doing? When does it occur and how often?

just regular human calcium citrate+D3??
and she does the headshake thing all the time. Like shes trying to shake something off her head, but its just a single shake, not continuous. does that make sense?

 

[nuthatched]

just regular human calcium citrate+D3??
and she does the headshake thing all the time. Like shes trying to shake something off her head, but its just a single shake, not continuous. does that make sense?

Yes, human pills are fine.
Have you felt her crop? Is the manna pro 15 mean it has 15% protein? Layers need at least 18% protein.

 

[Tookie]

just regular human calcium citrate+D3??

Yes.

and she does the headshake thing all the time. Like shes trying to shake something off her head, but its just a single shake, not continuous. does that make sense?

I think I know what you mean, when did you notice that?

 

[4Chickens at home]

Yes, human pills are fine.
Have you felt her crop? Is the manna pro 15 mean it has 15% protein? Layers need at least 18% protein.

okay on the pills, yes i have felt her crop, she has food there, and didnt know about the 18% protein.. I will change their feed.