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- rouncey
Hello, need this for a project I am working on. Please share your favorite online forums or message boards sites and why.
- CanHasQBN0
it's not really news, it's a place for designers to talk about design.
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- Fax_Benson0
What aren't there more threads like this here?
I have a nine month old Barred Rock who has been laying eggs without shells. I am talking it is just the white and the yolk laying there. She wasn't feeling good a few weeks ago and I thought she was egg bound. I brought her in and managed to get her to lay a wrinkled up dried up egg. Since then she has been only laying eggs without any shells. I catch her eating the egg yolk. What is wrong?
- sureshot0
@Fax_Benson
Are you giving her enough calcium like the crushed oyster shells?
- Fax_Benson0
@sureshot
I give them crushed oyster shells, yogurt, spinach leaves, their feed and they free range. All my other hens are laying great eggs. We are getting cold here and are down to about 10 hours of daylight. Could that be the problem or could it be something seriously wrong with her? She's one of my favorites and I would hate to lose her.
- sureshot0
How long has it been happening?
- Fax_Benson0
You're not going to believe this, but
I have found these eggs a couple times this summer but didn't know which hen. She felt bad about 3 and a half weeks ago, which was when I brought her in and got her to lay the dried up egg. She has been laying a shell less egg every few days since then without laying any other type of egg.
- sureshot0
no fucking way?
My first thoughts are stress or a calcium absorption issue. She may just need time for her system to get back to normal.
What kind of feed is she on? Too much calcium at an early age or to little calcium currently can both cause egg issues. I would watch her and see if it improves or if you see any other symptoms.
- Fax_Benson0
She is on Purina Layena Pellets. They were eating the crumbles but I switched them to pellets about a month ago. Is there a better food I should get for them?
- sureshot0
Chickens are complex animals with a variety of needs. They require daily care. They are also an expense. Please make sure that you and your family are willing to make this commitment.
- sureshot0
also,
I purchased ours from two different feed stores after doing lots of research on this site and others. What I experienced is that the chickens the feed stores had at the time I started my research were not the same ones they had when I was ready to purchase. The stores by us get different breeds every few weeks. They had a calendar for me to look at to determine what breeds were coming in and when.
The chicks we purchased from the two stores were different ages (within 3 weeks of each other) and have gotten along just fine so far. Purchased in early October. One didn't make it past 3 days but the store gave a credit since that particular batch seemed to have an abundance of unhealthy chicks. My other chicks survived just fine. Good luck and have tons of fun !
- sureshot0
How come everyone else has fluffy chicks and mine are ugly? :)
- rouncey0
Stop spamming my thread you arseholes
- sureshot0
Now that just made me cackle out loud. Enjoy your search.
Whatever you find will be just right for you and yours.
They tend to grow on you. :>