Hi
Got my girls last August, one brown hen straight away had problems with very thin shelled eggs. I tried giving her yoghurt, cod liver oil, limestone flour, shell max booster etc. and although these worked for a little while she still couldn't produce a good shell.
When we got 2 new brown hens around Nov she stopped laying all together much to our relief. However since just after Christmas she started laying again and she was laying lovely strong shelled eggs so we kept our fingers crossed that maybe the break was all she needed.
Yesterday when I lifted her egg the shell broke and today again she had tried her egg as they do with a little peck and it must have broken as I caught her frantically trying to get rid of the evidence.
They get smallholder layers pellets, oyster shell mixed with limestone grit, greens occasionally and wheat late afternoon. They free range.
I never see this bird eat the oyster shell mix.
Any ideas much appreciated- should I find out about the implants to stop her laying altogether as I don't want the other girls getting to like eating eggs.
HELP