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chookaburra

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Soft Shell

« on: March 24, 2010, 15:00 »

My two little darlins laid two beautiful brown eggs for me this morning as normal. This afternoon at 14.55pm I noticed this soft, pale, creamy-brown egg in the run. On picking it up I found it was perfectly formed but the outer shell was pliable. Can anyone explain what is happening please - very worried!!!!

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Casey76

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Re: Soft Shell

« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2010, 15:54 »

If it's a one off, don't worry about it.

If it happens more than occasionally, ensure you have crushed oystershell available (this should be a given anyway), or you can crush used and baked eggshells and feed tham back to the girls.

But the main thing is, if it's a one off, it's usually not an issue.

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chookaburra

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Re: Soft Shell

« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2010, 17:04 »

Thank you Casey - will keep an eye on this. They usually get regular grit and oystershell mix in their feed, but will up it slightly for a little while. I'm afraid I panic'd a bit when I first saw it.

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