[MrsC]

Hi - hope someone out there can give some advice!  Have had 2 hens since September, bought as adults.  I feed them on layers pellets, oyster shell and they have the pink conditioning stuff in their water.  They have been wormed too and we treat for red mites frequently.
For the last month or two one has been laying papery thin eggs, or just eggy splodges with no shell, or no eggs at all.  The other has been laying one perfect egg every single day.
Today, she layed an egg on the back step (strange enough) and I caught them both eating it!!!
 

[Vember]

Hi MrsC

Welcome to the Hen House

You could try Limestone powder added to their feed to see if this helps with egg shell quality

Soft shelled eggs that are left will get pecked at and the girls will eat them, the sooner you find and remove the softies the better

It could be that she is coming to the end of her egg laying life


Sarah

[MrsC]

Will try that, thank you.  She is definitely less than 2 so would have thought there'd be more eggs to come! 

[Aunt Sally]

Limestone flower is a good addition if you are having poor shell problems.  Discontinue adding it when the shells return to normal.

[MrsC]

Thank you.  Wonder why only one hen has poor shells tho?

[Aunt Sally]

Who knows ?