Hen laying soft shell eggs

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prideparkpaddy

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Hen laying soft shell eggs
« on: July 09, 2011, 20:25 »
Hi one of my hens had stared to lay soft shell eggs and I have noticed she is starting to lose a lot of feathers can anyone help with any reasons for this? I leave oyster shell and grit down but it doesnt seem to be working

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LilySara

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Re: Hen laying soft shell eggs
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 16:55 »
One of my hens has just started laying soft-shelled eggs in the last couple of days too.  She looked quite unwell yesterday, but has been perkier today and came running up the garden to the gate.

I don't know what could be wrong, but I'm keeping an eye on her.  There's nothing visibly wrong with her apart from a slightly dirty vent. 

How is yours looking apart from the feather loss?  Is her behaviour still normal? 

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kegs

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Re: Hen laying soft shell eggs
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 17:19 »
Hi Both,

I had the same problem a while ago and posted about it.

Here's the link which contains loads of useful tips:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=78558.msg892541#msg892541

Good luck and keep us updated.

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prideparkpaddy

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Re: Hen laying soft shell eggs
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 21:12 »
She seems to stay on her own but still gets about a lot maybe not going as far as she used to



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