Rusty is terrible at laying
How long does it take to sort out egg laying?Penny just started, no soft shells, just nice small eggs.Rusty, on the otherhand is not very good at it. We've had all sorts over the last week or so,...
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Some hens may never get it right Sorry but its a fact. usually it takes a month or two if after that they are still not laying hard shelled eggs they may never do it. You are doing all you can it...
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I have to eat my words!! We had 4 eggs this morning so 1 for each girl!! Rusty's is thin shelled, BUT it's an egg ( not sure I'd eat it mind you.)Prozac
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Congratulations, that is wonderful!!!Nan's PicturesHudson's Hatchery
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You go Rusty....show her your stuff.....do they have oyster shell. I sometimes have soft shells since I give my chickens so much good stuff they don't eat the chicken food and don't get enough...
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Yeh they have grit which definately has 'shell' (not sure if it's oyster shell) in it. Never had a soft shell from the others and they put out an egg a day, every day.Prozac
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grit isnt the same as oyster shell, It is made up ag granet chips. oyster shell is made well from oyster shells. I know when i first started out I thought they were one and the same.Tim The difference...
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Still Too Hasty.Had nothing since that one egg but a floppy thin shelled effort this morning. She's my favorite so she'll not being going in the pot ....yet. She'll get there.Martin
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Martin how is she doing now? and how can you tell which bird layed which egg? do you have them in individual cages? Mine have just started laying as well so I don't have any answers for you, no soft...
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I briefly bake and feed back my chicken shells to my chickens for added calcium. I noticed when the girls just got the layer feed, the shells got a little thin. mp
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MP I agree that is the best thing to do since they love them. Now I only have to figure out how two people can eat enough eggs for 25 hens calcium needs...It is tackey to ask for the cartons back (but...
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Someone may find this interesting. I feed my hens laying mash with some oyster shells added. I am in nursing school so I had to take chemistry. One of the experiments was determing calcium in egg...
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Been away to Greece for a couple of weeks...... brilliant.Whilst I've been away Rusty has 'come good' and we get 4 eggs every day now, I really pleased because she is a nice girl, always the first to...
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