Thin shelled eggs

[Felders]

The greens that I usually give them are cabbage, broccoli, leaf lettuce, they don't like iceberg lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes,melsons, grapes, apples, bananas. This time of year I usually just give them fresh green grass. I will buy some calcium carbonate and give that a try, When they break eggs it does make a real mess of the straw in the nesting boxes. I also give them second cut alfalfa hay during the winter months.

 

[aart]

What sort of greens are you feeding them? Some greens like spinach and chard have calcium blockers and if the chickens consume a lot, they will not be able to absorb calcium as well as they should.

If this isn't the source of the problem, it may be age, although age two isn't really old. I have hens seven years old still laying with no problems.

However, you can try supplementing with calcium citrate. It's people calcium and it has the minerals necessary for good absorption. It usually solves egg shell issues in just a few days of one half to a full tablet per day per hen. When I give it to a hen, I smash the pill into powder and sprinkle it over grated carrot or conceal the quartered pill bits in peanut butter.

Wonder if it's the calcium or the minerals that does the trick.
Do you find you have to re-dose them on occasion @azygous or is it a one shot deal?

Tried to goggle the product, but my ISP is not cooperating at the moment.