SOFT SHELL.......

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SOFT SHELL.......
« on: June 16, 2009, 20:48 »
  WE HAVE SIX HENS..BLACK ROCKS WHO ARE NOW BACK TO NORMAL AFTER SHORT SCARE..AND RHODE REDS..LAYING WELL..HENS ARE AROUND 22 WKS OLD..LAYING 3-4 EGGS A.M...2-3 PM...BUT AMONGST THESE WE ARE STILL GETTING SOFT SHELL...WILL THIS RESOLVE ITSELF NATURALY...OR IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THINGS ALONG..THEY ARE BEING FED ON LAYERMASH AND AS A TREAT LIVE MEALWORM...THANKYOU..

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Re: SOFT SHELL.......
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2009, 20:52 »
Please can you stop shouting (capital letters)  :D
Do your hens have access to oyster shell all the time?
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: SOFT SHELL.......
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2009, 21:26 »
Forgot to say darby in my pm that they are just getting the hang of laying but with the oyster shell they should soon get the hang of this laying lark  :D

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Re: SOFT SHELL.......
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2009, 22:29 »
I would suggest oyster shell too  :)
You have not lost the battle unless you quit :)

Michelle x

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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2009, 22:36 »
If they are young and just getting going, the odd soft shell is nothing to worry about and usually settles down as they get into the swing of things. They should always have oyster shell available to them. That being said, I have a duck who always lays soft shell or rather shell-less eggs. Done everything to try and sort her but doesn't seem to bother her and have almost given up on her as a dud duck!
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

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Re: SOFT SHELL.......
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2009, 10:35 »
I now put oyster shell in with their food and they eat it and donīt throw it about like they used to.  I give a good handful a day with each scoop of food.  We were getting soft shelled eggs or eggs with a very thin shell, fingers crossed it has stopped.
Pamela


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