3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[the-marks]

Having just cleaned out the girls, I found another sofie egg in the droppings tray of the cube. Previously I seemed to find one every few weeks, but this is the second in two days. Should I be worried? The girls have layers pellets with treats of meal worms, corn and greens later on in the day. They also always have some grit / oyster shell available. Not sure if it would make any difference, but they have just been wormed. Apart from the softies, the girls are their usual selfs. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks, Mark.

[cheekymonkey68]

Hi Mark, I have new chooks and they laid two or three softies, so I added some baked egg shell to their grit, there are lots of posts re this on the forums, and it seems to have worked really well :)

Marion

[jennym]

I'd probably cut out (or at least cut back) on treats until things sort themselves out. Not sure about the recent worming, I've not noticed this with mine - but I only have 3 and only had them for less than a year, so I'm hardly an expert!

[cloud]

We are no experts either, but we had two consecutive softies at the weekend from one of our young girls and now she's back to lying good ones with thick shells.

 

What surprised us was that both softies were laid outside on the paving, not even in the run, while the good ones have always been in the nestbox. Even when all the girls are free ranging she comes back in to the run and goes in to the nestbox to lay.

 

I think if she looks well and is behaving normally after the softie all is okay.

[KimmyCustard]

Two of mine had been laying softies so I bought some limestone flour. You add a wee bit to their feed and it gives them extra calcium - no softies!