Hi Jennifer: Once this starts it is almost impossible to stop. Dry cat food has about the highest percent of protein other than raw meat. A bit mixed in with their feed might help. However I really hate to be the bearer of bad news. If you can find the guilty one, get rid of it immeadiatly.
OL' George
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer" <jennybirchall@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
> I just have four hens in my back garden. They're warrens and lay very well but for the last few months I keep getting the occasional egg which has a flat side that is very thin. Some of these have broken before I've collected them in the morning and I think a hen has got the taste for eggs.
> I now frequently find two whole eggs sitting in a pool of broken egg in the coop. How can I break this behaviour, or can't I?
> In case it might be a nutrient thing, they are fed on layers pellets, have access to oyster shell grit and mixed corn, and I mix a tonic in with their water. They also have access to greens occasionally, particularly when I'm weeding the garden! They moulted during the last couple of months (mid-winter here in the UK) and they got a few mealworms to help them keep their protein levels up when regrowing their feathers.
> Any advice on something I'm doing wrong or not doing etc would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks, Jenny
>
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