Clur Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 One of my girls lays normal shelled eggs and the other, since just before Christmas, has started laying quite sporadically and soft-shelled eggs more often than not. They all get limestone flour and baked and crushed eggshells in their food. I have also started adding codliver oil too (to help the flour stick and also to help them as they'd been moulting). Is there anything I am missing and should be doing extra? We've got 3 hens, one has never laid an egg, and so we're lucky to be getting one egg every couple of days at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Have they been wormed? It might be worth trying one of the soluble calcium supplements such as Zolcal D or Davinova C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I had the same with Maisie - we had a few weeks of soft or no eggs. I gave her the same as you and she suddenly for no apparent reason started laying normally again . So that might happen for you too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hope so, she tends to lay eggs with thinner shells anyway, so started the limestone flour a fair while ago. They were wormed with Flubenvet at Christmas time - maybe I should do that again? Incidentally, one of my girls has never laid - what could the reason be for that, and would that have any bearing on this one only laying thin shelled or soft eggs (i.e. if they were from the same stock)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haltonshappyhens Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I have had a similar thing. We have a black rock who started laying again .. but her eggs had soft patches.. and a cream legbar who laid 3 lovely eggs then one without a shell .. now the black rock is laying every day but her eggs have a kind of crusty patch ... and yesterday the cream legbar laid a lovely normal blue egg .. but nothing today.... its odd isn't it!!.. I did add lots of grit with shell, and baked egg shell to their food and I Kept them in their run all day on Tuesday so they had to fill up on the propper food and that seems to have done the trick... At least I am hoping so. .. The silver campine still isn't showing any signs of ever laying.... she is rather skitty though.. bit anxious and nosey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 on a general health check, chatting to my vet he gave me some calc c. bingo, perfect since, the thickness of trhe shells could be better but she is soooo happy to be laying an egg,,,, lots of anouncements homeopatic, can't hurt, not costly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 on a general health check, chatting to my vet he gave me some calc c.bingo, perfect since, the thickness of trhe shells could be better but she is soooo happy to be laying an egg,,,, lots of anouncements homeopatic, can't hurt, not costly! Thanks. Not heard of calc c - is it easy to get hold of and could you point me in the right direction? (Not costly is always good too ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Nelsons sells it so Holland and Barret probably. Ainsworth I "think " sell on line & will post too late for next day delivery now though. But I think lots of chemists sell Nelsons. There are others online but not dealt with them, sure it's ainsworth. Yup got off my bum & looked. got kennel cough tabs from them 0207935 5330 Also other stuff from Helios 01892536393/537251 how's that for service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 useful article for when oystershell isn't enough to harden them up: http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/SoftShelledEggs.html the vinegar advice isnt really vit D its improving absorption incase the hens stomach acid isnt bringing the calcium into solution (ie its just passing through) chickens are like us and can synthesise vit D by being in direct sunlight, could it be the hen is spending too much of the day in the shade? bit about vit D http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/features_vitamind.mgi best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 What useful informative sites i wonder if they should be in a ref section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
