Thin shelled eggs

[Sally PB]

I assume we need to use the gel type food coloring, yes?

Yes. Sorry, forgot to mention that. Thank you for bringing it up.

 

[coach723]

I have also had a couple of birds laying thin shelled eggs. I don't know if it's molt (some of mine have started), heat, something is different in the feed I'm buying, just luck of the draw......who knows. I don't give greens, they only get what they find on their own. I have another bird that I'm fairly certain has a shell gland malfunction, but the other two are a mystery. I did supplement calcium for both of them, one is laying normally again, the other has improved, but they are still thinner than they should be. My bird with the shell gland issue was purchased, and of the other two one was hatched here and one was purchased. I have plenty of calcium available all the time in three separate feeders, in addition to their feed feeders. Sometimes it's really a mystery.