[peggyprice]

There may not be a cure Peggy  

If the other hens are laying ok then their calcium level is good.

If you use a roll away nest box the at least their eggs will be safe !

OK - and there is no problem that cannot be solved, so am going to sleep on it - at least now I know what the problem is that NEEDS solving  

Thanks all, for input, advice and support  

[poultrygeist]

You're welcome.  

Hope she sorts herself out.

Rob

[redjane11]

Hi. This seems to be the same problem as i have got with my hen.  I posted about this a couple of weeks ago and have more or less given up, what i do at the moment is make a soggy bread mixture (1 slice bread & water) mix in a scoop of limestone flour and mix that into the layers pellets so i know she is getting it,  whispering now,  have had an egg the past 2 days with a slightly harder shell Hope this could be the start of something good

[Aunt Sally]

Don't forget a couple of drops of cod liver oil in it Jane.

[redjane11]

spoke to soon another soft today

[peggyprice]

mmm - same here - the egg was broken and I actually caught her in the act eating it.  Worse - so was Jean, my Welsummer  :evil:   Thankfully, she laid later and didn't eat her own egg ...

So, I think it has to be retirement to a cosy little home in the country for our Dorothy ... watch this space  

[too many girls]

ahh poor dorothy, i'd take her but your too far away.

[peggyprice]

ahh poor dorothy, i'd take her but your too far away.

You have quite enough on your plate already    (no painful reminder of greyhound stealing dinner intended   )  But thanks for the offer ...

[too many girls]

that's the point, i've got so many 1 more wouldn't make a difference, chickens are easy to look after, it's the horses that take up all my time, having said that, my dads away, the kids are at their dads, the house is well on the way to becoming a Kim and Aggie candidate i've a million and one things to do, and i haven't done anything, nothing at all, spent all day pottering around messing with the hens............

[Foxy]

ahh poor dorothy, i'd take her but your too far away.

I've a sneaky feeling Dorothy is going to be just fine!

[too many girls]

tell a lie, i have done one thing, ages ago i bought a hanging basket with the intention of hanging it outside the porch, my dad didn't like it much, he said it made the farm look like the Ponderosa, so i took it down, today i decided it might look quite nice hanging on the front of the chicken house......................................

[too many girls]

got a phone call today, someone called Chris from compassion in world farming, that's 4 pounds a month i've just spent, i did try to say that i thought maybe i have done my bit with 66 hens that otherwise wouldn't have made it, but he reminded me there are thousands of birds who need help and talked me round. need to sell more eggs......

[peggyprice]

ahh poor dorothy, i'd take her but your too far away.

I've a sneaky feeling Dorothy is going to be just fine!

I think you could be right, Foxy.  She seemed to be packing a suitcase when I went to tuck them up tonight; think she might be going somewhere nice for her holidays  

[poultrygeist]

got a phone call today, someone called Chris from compassion in world farming, that's 4 pounds a month i've just spent, i did try to say that i thought maybe i have done my bit with 66 hens that otherwise wouldn't have made it, but he reminded me there are thousands of birds who need help and talked me round. need to sell more eggs......

Sounds like you do enough to assist disadvantaged animals. They shouldn't prey on people who care. Get the selfish ones  :evil:

Rob