heatherjulia Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Hello I wonder if anyone can advise please... We got our ex-bats in July and from the start, Josephine used to lay the occasional soft egg (maybe once a fortnight), but recently it's been a lot more often - almost every day - and it's now quite rare for her to lay a proper egg. When we went down this morning, we found that she had laid 2 soft eggs during the night. We've been putting crushed up egg shells in their food, which Josie seems to eat a lot of, and also limestone flour and we put poultry tonic in their water. I did wonder if the increase in frequency could be related to the fact that she's growing a LOT of new feathers at the moment? We just want to do whatever we can to help stop this, as she is clearly very uncomfortable for an hour or so before she lays a soft egg. Can anyone suggest anything else we could try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Gas Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 It could be she is reaching egg laying retirement, they can only lay a fixed number of eggs. The last ones may be oddities too. Seeing as she is moulting too - I would up the protein intake. Tuna fish,mealworms,maggots, non-chook cat food - but only while moulting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceychristie Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Also try codliver oil mixed in with the food (theirs, not yours Ewwww) as this has helped ours fluff up rapidly. Eggs are finite, as with us humans, so as mentioned the last few tend to be real funny looking. CAUTION Watch out for eggs with no shell coming from her vent, as sometimes the production gets mistimed - in which case you'll be doing well to get her before the others girls go in for a tasty treat............ Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
