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Thanks for getting back to me when she does lay
She seems to want to do it outside in the yard later
in the day for the most part. When she does do it
It will be the egg yolk that come first. Then she will
either push out the rubber shell membrane or
go inside to one of the nesting boxes . She still
Will go into the nesting boxes in the morning but
comes up empty. I presume this was where the
people at the feed store thought perhaps it was
a D3 deficiency because the egg isn’t attaching
to the shell . It’s been a mystery she started dropping
soft shelled eggs from the roost and night then
went this route. I have them on a good quality feed
A double duty grit and oyster shell I also crush
up the egg shells so I’m doing everything I can
think of to ensure the Calcium is there. I’m not
sure if I should try the Vit D3 liquid when it comes in . You’re right it is tough. I had my neighbor pop over and have a look at her other than this issue he remarked on how healthy she looked. What was the outcome with the hen you had did she ever reverse it can they?
This is still all a bit new for me so thanks
for your feedback. We don’t have quite all
The same products up here in Canada
I don't see any harm in running her on the D3 Supplement when it comes in. Definitely worth a try.
Unfortunately, our hen that had the laying issues eventually died. It all started with her laying an egg within an egg (literally a shell with a second full egg inside). From there, she had all sorts of laying issues from soft shelled eggs to eggs with detachments coming off the ends. She eventually succumbed to internal laying. Something was definitely wrong with her reproductive system and nothing we tried helped
