Re: Crached eggs ?
- From: "keith kent" <keith3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 21:19:39 +0100
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Hi all,Misshapen eggs can be a genetic weakness, or can be a result of a past
One of my hens lays eggs that are always/mostly cracked at one end and
sometimes elongated.
She is a Exchequer leghorn.
My other 4 hens have no problems .
infection.
What grit do they have access to?
What feed are they getting?
Good food and the correct grit can assist in a degree of compensation over
genetics and infection but only so far.
Its been a very long time since Exchequer leghorns were part of the
national productive flock in this country, its possible the strain you
have are a bit too inbred and the eggs chosen to hatch in the past few
generations were not selected for good shape critically enough, hence the
slippage to elongation, which will create a structural weakness.
--
regards
Jill Bowis
Hi Jill, I give them poultry pellets which is kept topped up and a handful
or two of mixed corn towards the end of the day .
They have available at all times a poultry mixed grit/shell.
Thanks Keith
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