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[Mr Rhode Island Red]

I have started to notice that the eggs my hens lay have poor quality shells with many bumps (like Braille) at the end of them that accumulate around the very end of the egg.

 

Would adding a bit of mixed corn to the diet help?

 

Any Ideas?

[Daphne]

No, mixed corn won't help. The lumps are caused by hen's inability to process calcium correctly. You could try adding cod liver oil to the feed which is supposed to help absorption, but I've never found it to work and so I just live with the lumps, although it is bad news if you are hoping to breed from a particular bird as the eggs aren't really of good enough quality to incubate. I hope this isn't affecting all the eggs, that would be most unusual. I am assuming you are feeding a good quality layers pellet, and that the birds have access to sufficient mixed grit.