Ravioli, a chicken we adopted from a neighbor at the begging of March has laid 2 eggs a day for the past 2 days. One of them is always very thin shelled while the other one is fine. Should I be worried? She is (my best guess) 2 to 3 years old. I think she’s a RIR or production red, not sure.
Before anyone asks, we have 5 hens and I’ve found 6 eggs the past 2 days. I’m positive it’s Ravioli laying the extra egg based on:
1.) shes laid her first egg of the day from the roost the past 2 days, which she does sometimes if she’s laying too early for sun, i think she’s still getting used to being in a new home. She’s always roosted in the same spot where I find her eggs in the mornings sometimes (as in the past 2 mornings) so I know it’s her laying from the roost. She’s the only hen who does this.
2.) all the other hens are free ranging in our yard and she’s crazy to get back over to the coop in the early afternoon. I have to physically open a gate to let her over. She’s been the only one over there after all other eggs (5 of them) are collected for the day.
Im very worried about the softness of the 2nd eggs she’s been laying. They eat a flock raiser/layer mix and have oyster on the side at all times. Is this just a weird glitch? I hope it doesn’t keep happening.
Before anyone asks, we have 5 hens and I’ve found 6 eggs the past 2 days. I’m positive it’s Ravioli laying the extra egg based on:
1.) shes laid her first egg of the day from the roost the past 2 days, which she does sometimes if she’s laying too early for sun, i think she’s still getting used to being in a new home. She’s always roosted in the same spot where I find her eggs in the mornings sometimes (as in the past 2 mornings) so I know it’s her laying from the roost. She’s the only hen who does this.
2.) all the other hens are free ranging in our yard and she’s crazy to get back over to the coop in the early afternoon. I have to physically open a gate to let her over. She’s been the only one over there after all other eggs (5 of them) are collected for the day.
Im very worried about the softness of the 2nd eggs she’s been laying. They eat a flock raiser/layer mix and have oyster on the side at all times. Is this just a weird glitch? I hope it doesn’t keep happening.
In the mean time, will giving a calcium plus D3 tablet every day help with the soft shells so that they at least won’t break in her and cause infection?
