There a line of my Production type reds.What breeds are they?
ETA- never mind
There's about 5 breeds in this line in all. There a very good layer all year round.
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There a line of my Production type reds.What breeds are they?
ETA- never mind
I see that you are in the Winston area and are a vet. Will you be treating chickens? We are in the Clemmons area.I'll say!
Mine have been doing very well on the previous feed - until the past month or so, when I started a new bag of the same feed. When I contacted the feed manufacturer, I got blown off. Whether or not their feed was at fault (still might have been a seasonal or management issue - i.e. my fault), I won't support a company that doesn't respect its customers. Supposedly a good feed, formulated for laying hens - but mine started having a problem while eating it, so when I got no satisfaction, to quote Mick, I went elsewhere to get what I need.
The calcium of my feed is rated 3.7%min. -3.9%max.I get nice thick hard egg shells.
Quote: I don't know what to tell you.
I don't know what to tell you.
Okay, so it's possible that the hen in question is low on calcium? ... With the hens all molting at differing times, it would make it extremely difficult to feed some layer ration and the molting ones non-layer ration. I guess that we would need to build alternate housing for the hens that are going through molt to accomplish this. Is that what others do with their hens?
Also, are you suggesting that I offer yogurt free choice and that the hen that seems to be deficient in calcium will supplement itself? It is only one hen I believe that is laying the thin shelled egg. ... It doesn't happen every day. Maybe a few days a month. But it is still worrisome. We even had a blond wrinkled shelled egg once. I'm beginning to think that possibly, this hen has some sort of internal issue with its shell gland? Most of our other eggs have pretty hard shells. ... We also get about 4-5 blond eggs a month that have double yolks.
There are a number of things that govern egg quality and egg shell quality.Okay, so it's possible that the hen in question is low on calcium? We have 17 hens. Our 5 Dominiques were the first to molt. Nearly a month before the rest. Then it was the Buckeyes (4) and RIR's (4) all started a few days from the other. The last to molt were the Buff Orpingtons. With the hens all molting at differing times, it would make it extremely difficult to feed some layer ration and the molting ones non-layer ration. I guess that we would need to build alternate housing for the hens that are going through molt to accomplish this. Is that what others do with their hens?
Also, are you suggesting that I offer yogurt free choice and that the hen that seems to be deficient in calcium will supplement itself? It is only one hen I believe that is laying the thin shelled egg. We get several colors of brown eggs. Some are the classic color of brown egg you see pictures of while some are sort of mauve and about 4 a day are a very blond shade of brown. It is one of the blond colored eggs that occasionally has the thin shells. It doesn't happen every day. Maybe a few days a month. But it is still worrisome. We even had a blond wrinkled shelled egg once. I'm beginning to think that possibly, this hen has some sort of internal issue with its shell gland? Most of our other eggs have pretty hard shells. Even our family members that we have given eggs to have commented on how hard the shells are compared to store bought eggs. Some have pretty tough membranes that are hard to tear through when you crack them open. Could I presume that the blond egg with shell quality issues may be coming from one of the Buff Orpingtons? I'm figuring that the lighter eggs are coming from the lighter colored hens. We also get about 4-5 blond eggs a month that have double yolks.