Chicken bald back

[millymollymandy]

Hi I have been having trouble with my hens for a while now and running out of ideas.

I have gone from getting 4 eggs a day from four chooks down to one. I think the main problem is softies, there have been broken ones in the nest box and the dropping trays. Also I keep seeing a chook laying a soft egg in the run and all the chooks going mental and fighting to eat it.

I have wormed them, given extra cooked shells, acv, no treats and golf balls in the nest box.

There are also odd droppings going on which are very liquid and grainy?

 

I am going on holiday soon and need to sort this out as the neighbours although good are a bit squeamish! Should I worm them again it's been about a month?

Any help would be great as the other half is close to getting rid of them and getting new ones due to lack of breakfast!

[mullethunter]

I haven't experienced this myself but I've seen posts that suggest limestone flour?

[SueChick]

Hi - sounds like you're struggling there aren't you? Well it sounds like you have covered the obvious - one quick question though - did you worm via the week long dose of flubenvet in pellets with no treats etc? Just though I'd check as some people think flubenvet on a grape once a day for a week works and it doesn't. Failing that, are they on a good quality feed? Some of the cheaper varieties can lead to problems I've heard. If all of these things are covered I would try some limestone flour - I find this clears up a softie situation very quickly. I use one teaspoon of it with some poultry spice and bird grit all mixed up in some tuna or scramble egg - they love it! A vet suggested it to me and you can buy it at a horse feed shop.

 

Hope this helps and good luck.

[millymollymandy]

Thanks yes I put the flubenvet in their pellets (dodson and horrell) so sure that but is fine. I will give the limestone flour a go as the eggs can't get any worse! Funnily enough they have gone off some of their treats, still like the odd bit of mash but I used to hang up broccoli or cauliflower occasionally and now they won't touch it fussy beggers!