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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: sandalfarm on July 28, 2014, 11:18:25 pm

Title: thin shells but only at the pointy end
Post by: sandalfarm on July 28, 2014, 11:18:25 pm

Hi our 2 hybrid chickens are fed the same, the same age but one is laying eggs with a thin "swirly" shell at the pointy end which ends up cracked. Has anybody any ideas thanks ralph

Title: Re: thin shells but only at the pointy end
Post by: chrismahon on July 29, 2014, 08:28:04 am

This can be a side effect of the Infectious Bronchitis immunisation Sandalfarm, in which case there is nothing you can do. It can also be due to a worm burden. So have you wormed them properly with Flubenvet in the last 4 months?

Title: Re: thin shells but only at the pointy end
Post by: ZacB on July 29, 2014, 09:52:18 am

Could just be the time of the year if it has only just started. Just like us they are all a little different. Our chooks are looking a little flushed at the moment, some off lay, some could do with a good moult. Tick the boxes and all should sort itself with time. Food, water, grit, worming and TLC.

Title: Re: thin shells but only at the pointy end
Post by: sandalfarm on July 29, 2014, 12:37:34 pm

I've not wormed them but they don't look unwell,pale or listless so I'll give it a go thanks

Title: Re: thin shells but only at the pointy end
Post by: Stereo on July 29, 2014, 02:03:36 pm

Pretty much all the vaccinated birds we have bought have egg problems, especially after the first moult. Either thin shells or bobbly bits. I have been told it's probably IB and personally think that they carry a low level of it all the time.