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jo48

  • Joined May 2011
also
« 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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northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
    • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Re: also
« Reply #1 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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jo48

  • Joined May 2011
Re: also
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2011, 02:31:47 pm »
thanks for that :chook:
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ellisr

  • Joined Sep 2009
    • Wales
Re: also
« Reply #3 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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jo48

  • Joined May 2011
Re: also
« Reply #4 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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northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
    • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Re: also
« Reply #5 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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jo48

  • Joined May 2011
Re: also
« Reply #6 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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ellisr

  • Joined Sep 2009
    • Wales
Re: also
« Reply #7 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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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: also
« Reply #8 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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Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
    • Scottish Borders
Re: also
« Reply #9 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
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joyofchicks

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • Aberdeenshire
Re: also
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2011, 07:27:58 pm »
That'll be the limestone cowboy Glen Campbell was singing about...
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It-needed-a-home

  • Joined Apr 2011
    • Aberdeenshire
  • Zeus (our saxony duck)
Re: also
« Reply #11 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

 :cat:  :chook: :chook: :chook:  :chook: :chook:  :&> :&> :&> :&> :&> :&>
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Well i have cut back and i still have to many !!!! Oh well just as well i love them !!

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: also
« Reply #12 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
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