hello! I am a 'lurker' here on BYC...lol
Ok so...I have 5 hens,all approx. 5m old { maybe a week or 2 older}, any way, one hen started laying back about a month ago and has been pretty consistent.Then I have the mystery layer...just not sure of the who whats or whens of who is consistently dropping soft and no shelled eggs. I have them on an organic layer and they have oyster shell as well as I crush egg shells for them.
Today, after not laying for 2 days, my regular layer jumped up in my lap and layed a soft shelled egg. about 10 minutes later she dropped a broken soft shell and egg on the ground. now she has been laying in the nesting box for weeks now....WHAT GIVES!!
I'm so confused...lol Is this normal for beginners? And whats up with her laying in my lap??! Could there be a vit.D deficiency?
Otherwise they are normal...eating drinking fine.
U was giving veggie/fruit crap snacks to them and just cut that out to see if they would maybe be more balanced diet wise....HELP!!! Thanks in advance!
Ok so...I have 5 hens,all approx. 5m old { maybe a week or 2 older}, any way, one hen started laying back about a month ago and has been pretty consistent.Then I have the mystery layer...just not sure of the who whats or whens of who is consistently dropping soft and no shelled eggs. I have them on an organic layer and they have oyster shell as well as I crush egg shells for them.
Today, after not laying for 2 days, my regular layer jumped up in my lap and layed a soft shelled egg. about 10 minutes later she dropped a broken soft shell and egg on the ground. now she has been laying in the nesting box for weeks now....WHAT GIVES!!
I'm so confused...lol Is this normal for beginners? And whats up with her laying in my lap??! Could there be a vit.D deficiency?
Otherwise they are normal...eating drinking fine.
U was giving veggie/fruit crap snacks to them and just cut that out to see if they would maybe be more balanced diet wise....HELP!!! Thanks in advance!