troyster Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I love my girls and all have very different personalities. I have Amanda, who seems to be the sensible one, although she has been known to succumb to the odd bit of Chicken Violence. CASBO's? (CHICKEN ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER) She could be up for one. Susan - she's a little bossy, and likes to get her own way. For example, she has taken to laying in the utility room when she gets the chance, in her own nest box made from an old cat litter tray lined with straw. Oh, I must add that the nest box is at kitchen worktop height, she leaps up onto the worktops, gets in and settles down and shouts at anyone who comes into her room if she's not done. Today I was a bit late and I was barged out of the way. Wilhemena - a Light Sussex, a s"Ooops, word censored!" who turns her nose up at food if it does not meet her very high standards. However, Wilhemena today, laid a very rough shelled egg. The last time she did this , the shell was paper thin. Is there something wrong? I feed them layers mash, they get poultry spice, I feed them their own baked egg shells periodically, oyster shell and cider vinegar. They all get the same She's healthy and bright eyed, is this just a one (or two) off? No problems with the other two either, aside from their manners Anything I need to be aware of? Thanks T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I'm sure she is fine, just a blip in the egg laying tackle. Nothing to worry about if it only happens every so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffin Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I would be interested in a response to this - as one of mine is doing the same - has been for a while - the eggs are fine inside but very thin rough shells. I have also been giving them plenty of grit/oyster shell and poultry spice, I am not sure which one of mine is laying them but all three chickens are all well and seem quite happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've had all sorts of shells, non-existant ones, soft ones, rough ones, ones with white deposits on them - all from Maisie . I ignored them generally until we got 3 weeks of softies from her. I gave her some cod liver oil (as advised by Egluntine) and the next day we got a hard egg. Missed a dose, another softie. More oil, another hard shell. I had also been giving limestone flour but it obviously wasn't quite enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyster Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 I also forgot to mention is that on her normal days, the eggs have these little "Ooops, word censored!"bles on, spot size normally. Is that a symptom of the wafer thin eggs? Like I said before, she's a proper little madam and has no other symptoms. Cod liver oil...I'll try that, is that one to put into water? (Sorry if that is a dumb question) T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 You could add it to their pellets Troyster. About a tablespoon to a full grub of pellets, then give it a good mix up. One of mine has always laid eggs with very smalls bumps on one end. She is fit and healthy. Just a quirky thing that she does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've been drizzling a bit over the mixed corn they get in the afternoons. At least that way I know they've eaten it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenmb Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 CASBO's? (CHICKEN ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER) loving this! Are your girls older as when my original hens I first had got older then the eggs started to get thinner and more rough? Also, if you add a bit of cod liver oil into their feed this helps with the absorption of calcium (the vitamin D in the oil does this) you need to get the stuff they sell in pet stores and horsey shops and not use human stuff as its slightly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybird Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Helenmb, do you mean that we shouldn't be giving our chooks the cod liver oil sold for human consumption? I didn't realise that you could get special animal stuff. I have been adding some from my husband's bottle to the chook feed since Hazel laid a couple of softies last month. I would hate to think that I am doing more harm than good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyster Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Hi Helenmb, No the chickens are young birds, we picked them up aged 16-18 weeks on October 4th, and got our first egg on 3rd November from CASBO chicken. The others followed soon after with their laying. Re the question above from Busybird , just to make sure, shouldn't I use human cod liver oil? T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Eeek, I've been using "human" cod liver oil too . Didn't know there was another kind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Cod liver oil is cod liver oil isn't it? I shouldn't imagine the "Human" sort will do any harm, unless you give them lashings of extra strength stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
