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[Surfnirvana]

Hi there

 

Looking for some advice please. I have had my 4 Omlet chooks for a year to the day! yeah!

 

They are all doing well, apart from Louie the Gingernut Ranger. Last few months she has been laying quite a few soft shelled eggs. She has layed normal eggs inbetween, but the shells are certainly on the thinner side. Last weekend she became really quiet and hid in the bushes in the garden. After about an hour she layed a softee. When this has happened before, she perks up very quickly. This time, she was still not quite right and an hour later layed another softee. She has been laying all week, but yesterday, the same thing happened again. 2 softees in 1 day!

 

I'm assuming that one egg is getting stuck somewhere, whilst the other one is forming?

 

She is eating well - lots of pellets, oyster shell and grit. I've stopped the "treats" in case that was causing it - apart from dried corn (use it as a bribe to get them all in to their run).

 

Apart from this she seems really well. I'm just concerned that if this goes on she could become egg bound? Is there anything else I could be doing?

 

Thanks very much.

[Egluntyne]

Sounds as if she is releasing eggs rather too quickly one after the other and the shell gland hasn't had time to replenish its stocks.

 

Why not try her with a soluble calcium supplement such as ZolcalD?

[Surfnirvana]

Thank you Eglutine, for your advice

 

I have ordered some this morning so hopefully that will work.

 

xx