CHALO
27 posts
Feb 07, 2005
9:02 PM
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I have a bird young hen that is new to breeding(2004)bird.She laid her first egg & is hard & fine.I was feeding them when i noticed she flew to a perch & dropped the other one from there after she ate(sad,sad,day).I noticed the shell itself never got hard.What happened? I started them early on the red grit with the oyster shells.Maybe cause shes young & a first timer?
Gonzalo.
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rollerpigeon
Site Moderator
215 posts
Feb 07, 2005
11:06 PM
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Gonzalo, when a new egg is laid, even with grit, it is rather soft in comparison to one that has dried and hardened after a couple hours. You may want to place a dummy egg with the other egg and see if the pair will hatch out the good one. This behaviour from a young hen is not surprising.
I keep my pairs in individual breeding compartments and that prevents those kind of accidents. Keep working at it. FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
Last Edited by rollerpigeon on Feb 07, 2005 11:07 PM
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CHALO
28 posts
Feb 08, 2005
9:33 AM
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I thought their might be a lacking of something in their nutrition for that to happen.I have them in an open loft with individual breeding boxes.I was also thinking because she was new to breeding.
Gonzalo.
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Mount Airy Lofts
44 posts
Feb 10, 2005
8:06 PM
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Hi Gonzalo,
If that was my hen and grit didn't help, it would rather keep her in the kit box then try to breed out of her.
I remember my buddy having the same problem with one of 2 year old hens a while back. She was a 'blurr' in the air but when stocked, produced nothing but soft eggs. None would harden! After a year of trying, she was put back in the air where it really mattered. Thinking about to it, she might of caused this for being so fast in her performance. Hens this fast have been prone to blow out her egg sack.
On a different note, I have a 12 year old hen that lays soft eggs or eggs that have rough edges-shells (objects protruding from the shell). I found that grit alone doesn't do the job. There are pills out there for this kind of stuff. You can purchase it from Foy's or any pigeon supply store. She has been like this when I recieved her 3 years ago. The note I got about this hen was that she is the fastest hen I ever bred.
If you have other hens just as good as her, I would put her back in the kit box. Ask your self, would you rather have a problem hen or a killer performer.
Minnesota Flying Roller Group Librarian/Secretary
Thor
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CHALO
29 posts
Feb 10, 2005
9:01 PM
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The thing that i find strange is how her first egg is hard.I will try to get some of those meds from Jedds.I just hope its not a habit for her to drop eggs like that.She is a very good performer.Thats why im trying to see what she produces.Its her first time breeding.I just hope i get what she is.
Gonzalo.
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