Re: Bantam suddenly started laying tiny eggs !

Adrian Brentnall wrote:
> Hi All
> Our Welsummer bantam has been happily laying 'bantam-sized' eggs all
> spring - but the last couple of days she's been producing really tiny
> eggs - about one inch long.....
>
> Any idea why this might be - and what we can do about it ???

Heat stress ! [as much as it pains me to say it as we have temperatures
around 10'C and wet gales that would not look out of place in October!!! --
oh yes its Bank holiday]

Serious you down there I gahter have had some serious temperatures

make sure she has cool places to go
lots of cool water

They often don't drink enough in hot weather especially when it comes out of
the blue as in the UK -- eggs are a high percentage of water so they can
make small eggs

[look for any other stress factors just in case]

--

regards
Jill Bowis

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>
> Thanks
> Adrian
> Suffolk UK
> (nice bungalow with paddock for sale -
> www.inspired-glass.co.uk/bungalow.htm)
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