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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: jo48 on May 30, 2011, 02:15:45 pm

Title: also
Post by: jo48 on May 30, 2011, 02:15:45 pm

one of my other bantam hens keeps laying soft shelled eggs she spends allday out in the garden and has oyster shell grit in her coop..
any ideas what is causing this ? and any help would be much appreciated

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Post by: northfifeduckling on May 30, 2011, 02:23:29 pm

same here with only one of my ducks - sorry, I wish I could help, it is quite annoying clearing the mess of a broken egg out of the nesting box every day... looking forward to any answers :chook: :&>

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Post by: jo48 on May 30, 2011, 02:31:47 pm

thanks for that :chook:

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Post by: ellisr on May 30, 2011, 02:41:08 pm

Try a bit limestone flour in with there food it helped one of my girls

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Post by: jo48 on May 30, 2011, 02:45:48 pm

yes i'll give it try where do i get it from ? thanks

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Post by: northfifeduckling on May 30, 2011, 02:51:10 pm

my feed merchant stocks it - and they are very basic on chicken stuff...(Blacks in Collessie if you are in Fife)

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Post by: jo48 on May 30, 2011, 02:55:14 pm

i live in cambridge..... but i'll look in our feed merchants next time thanks :)

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Post by: ellisr on May 30, 2011, 03:52:39 pm

you can also find it in health food shops and if all else fails it will be on the net

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Post by: jaykay on May 30, 2011, 05:59:26 pm

I got some, think it was being sold for horses, no idea what horses want it for?

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Post by: Daisys Mum on May 30, 2011, 06:47:34 pm

Quote from: jaykay on May 30, 2011, 05:59:26 pm

I got some, think it was being sold for horses, no idea what horses want it for?

Baking of course ;D

Title: Re: also
Post by: joyofchicks on May 30, 2011, 07:27:58 pm

That'll be the limestone cowboy Glen Campbell was singing about...

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Post by: It-needed-a-home on May 30, 2011, 09:35:35 pm

If she has just started laying then she may not be ready yet if she has been layi g before then there is something wrong with the egg production inside her and you should prob put her out of her misery if not fixed soon

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Post by: SallyintNorth on May 31, 2011, 12:49:33 am

Quote from: joyofchicks on May 30, 2011, 07:27:58 pm

That'll be the limestone cowboy Glen Campbell was singing about...

;D ;D ;D ;D