Jill wrote:
> pecan wrote:
>> I went outside a couple of days ago, to fins one of my chickens unable
>> to stand. <snippage for brevity> So how about that? I need to reduce
my
>> flock by a whole lot, so it
>> wasn't too sad a thing to happen, but not very pleasant all the same.
>
> Do you have a cockerel?
> Or any chance she avoided a predator pounce?.
> If she was a commercial white bird then the calcium deficiency is a real
> possibility leading to weakness in the structure as this is genetic - it
> tends to lead to the very thin shelled eggs too.
>
>> And all my ducks have been stolen!
>
> Thats not fair.
>
>> Sigh.
>> That IS a sad state of affairs.
>
> agreed
>
>
Hi Jill,
Yes, she was one of the commercial layers, but I do supplement their
food. And the quality of the eggs is VERY bad, mostly. The shells are
so thin and vulnerable that some go rotten after a week! I've given
myself a bad reputation by being unaware of that.
Sigh.
Catherine
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