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  • Just wanted to say that I love your coop and run. Did you build it yourself?
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Rachel replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"So glad to hear this! Good for you and the birds. :)"
May 4, 2010
Chris replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"Thanks Becky, I'll see what I can come up with. :-)"
May 3, 2010
Becky replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"Chris,
You might want to consider using a different feeder so you don't have to babysit it all the time.
I made a feeder for almost free that works great.
You need:
3 gal bucket with lid(I got one for free from Basha's bakery dept.)
saucer for…"
May 3, 2010
Chris replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"OK, I think I've figured this one out with all of your help.

I watched "Cali" (the Calif White) as she was in the nesting box. She was very careful to make sure the plastic eggs were all under her. Then I just waited till she finally laid her egg…"
May 3, 2010
Rachel replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"Good point, if you're feeding egg shells, they have to be broken down into tiny pieces so they are completely unrecognizable to the chickens. At this point though, the damage is done, she's learned about the tasty goodness inside. I wish I could be…"
May 2, 2010
Becky replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"I've heard that feeding shells can cause them to eat the eggs. Use only oyster shell.
I would isolate her from the others until you figure out if you can stop her from eating the eggs. Otherwise the others might start eating them too.

(Sorry I…"
May 2, 2010
Chris replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"OK so I gave her some oyster shell along with crunched up egg shells and the shells are much better....BUT now as soon as she lays her egg she starts eating it. I've put a coulple plastic easter eggs in each nesting box but it isn't helping now.…"
Apr 26, 2010
Trevlyn replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"I feed the egg shells right back to our girls...great source of calcium. Good luck!"
Apr 17, 2010
Becky replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"You could also offer oyster shell. She may need a little more calcium."
Apr 15, 2010
Chris replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"Thanks Chris, I'll check it out."
Apr 15, 2010
Chris replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"Just checked the bag and it's Purina Layena natural"
Apr 15, 2010
Chris replied to Chris's discussion Thin egg shells in Micro Livestock
"She is about 1 1/2 yrs old and getting Purina organic layer crumbles."
Apr 15, 2010
Chris posted a discussion in Micro Livestock
I have 2 hens and one of them (a Califonia White) is laying extremely thin shelled eggs.  In fact for 4 days in a row I've found her eggs broken and possibly eaten.   Several weeks ago I found an eaten egg so I put a plastic egg in one of the…
Apr 15, 2010
Chris left a comment for Chrissy
"Hi Chrissy,
Thanks for your comment on our coop. Yes we built it. I designed it and my husband did all the fun building of it. It has worked out quite well for our 2 hens. There are 3 nesting boxes but they both use the same one. :) We had 3 hens…"
Oct 12, 2009
Chris replied to Kelly Liston's discussion Algae in the waterer in Micro Livestock
"We have been adding the ACV to our plasic waterer which we clean out daily and we've never had a problem with algae. It could be that the ACV is keeping it at bay. We also add a frozen water bottle to the container trying to keep the water a bit…"
Jul 26, 2009
Philodice replied to Chris's discussion Chicken Vets in Micro Livestock
"Actually I have to admit, I was trying to answer a question on another chicken site, and hadn't realized I had posted this here until just now. *blush*."
Jun 11, 2009
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