Still Weak Eggs!! Help!

nstratman

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11 Years
Mar 23, 2008
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I have fed oyster shells, spinach and egg shells. The eggs are still weak from my 2 year old Barred Rock.
I have actually padded the bottom of the nesting box since I heard she may be standing up to lay her eggs. Regardless, the eggs are thin and cracked every day. She lays 5 times a week and they are all thin.
She does free range and I do give her garden and table scraps. She is on 16% feeder pellets.
My younger hens have started laying really hard shelled eggs.
I've tried it all. I'm frustrated. Help!
 
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Here's an article on thin shelled eggs that might give you some idea of why this is happening. Hope it helps. If I get a cracked egg occasionally, I usually just hard cook it and feed it back to them.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publi...ndbook/16/thinshelled-eggs-and-shellless-eggs
 

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