Re: weird mutant eggs being laid!

jewels wrote:
> " Jill." <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> jewels wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> every week or so, one of my chickens lays a peculiar looking thing,
>>> no shell, no formed yolk, but looks like partly formed white and a
>>> kind of skin round them. Some of the birds are getting on a bit I
>>> think? [Inherited the birds with the henhouse so don't know their
>>> age] Could it be where they are finishing their laying period? Is
>>> it anything to be concerned about?
>>>
>>> Look forward to any comments/advice.
>>
>> what are you feeding ?
>> How much of each and when?
>>
>> --
> I feed them layers pellets, always make sure their hopper is full,
> they also get kitchen scraps every day and sometimes I throw in a
> couple of handfuls of corn for a bit of variety. I throw in a
> cabbage every so often and they get out into my garden once a week
> and eat grass, worms, etc.
>

It may just be they are running out of recipe :~)
I would make sure they have free access to both poultry grit and separately
oystershell so they can top up if they want to.
There are various bugs that can cause eggy problems but at their age there
is nothing you can do about it.
Enjoy them anyway -- they may sort themselves out for next year
Just be very aware that they are in the "at high risk" period for egg
peritonitis.

--

regards
Jill Bowis

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> Jx

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