egg shells

[starpaws]

Hi, just reading all the lovely help being offered to us newbies, its great to have this back up when panick sets in or for just daft questions.
So here's a daft question
I have 2 chickens, a light sussex ( rhode island x sussex) and a bluebelle ( maran x rhode island)
had them 5 days and got 1 small but lovely brown shiny egg on day 2, happy bunny.
Then got 2 shell less rubbery eggs ????
then today a creamy slightly rough shelled egg.

So whats going on here ? I feed layers pellets, grit and oyster shell available, water clean with ACV in, treat of leaves, corn, mealworms, only a few mind you.

How will i know which hen is laying which egg, can you tell by the type of hen ?? Would the sussex for example lay one colour the bluebelle another and if so who lays what :? ??
thanks for any advice and info you can give me
Off to Morrisons now, oh joy

 

[Marigold]

The creamy egg is laid by the Sussex and the brown egg by the Bluebelle, so you'll always know whose egg has been laid.
It's very common for hens to go off lay, or to lay odd shelled or soft eggs, when they have just moved house and are settling down. Chickens are very sensitive to change in their surroundings, flock composition and routines, and often or even usually show some disturbance to their behaviour patterns, including laying. If they are also young point of lay pullets, they are still going through puberty and just like us, this is a time when their systems are just maturing and things haven't quite settled down yet. Give them a week or two of peace and quiet and all will be well and they will show you they are happily settled when egglaying becomes more frequent and normal.
Many people feel there's no need to add ACV to the drinking water, because there's no proof it does any actual good, and the hens don't like it - if you offer two drinkers, one with ACV and one just plain water, guess which one is ignored? To get good egg production going and maintained, hens need to be encouraged to drink as much as they want, so anything which results in their only drinking the bare minimum because they don't like the taste could be counterproductive. Certainly it's not necessary for healthy young hens on the good diet you are giving them.
Enjoy your girls, what are their names? Can you post pics for us? (see Photos of Chickens section for instructions if not sure how to do this.)

BTW, have you wormed them yet, with Flubenvet? See Poultrykeeper website http://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/worming-chickens
Good idea to do new chickens especially as you've got a lovely new clean run you don't want them passing worm eggs on to.

 

[starpaws]

Marigold, i have been searching for flubenvet on the web but it seems that it out of stock everywhere, has there been a rush ??
I will keep searching but if you know of anywhere could you kindly let me know please ?
Thanks again

 

[Marigold]

Marigold, i have been searching for flubenvet on the web but it seems that it out of stock everywhere, has there been a rush ??
I will keep searching but if you know of anywhere could you kindly let me know please ?
Thanks again

See my reply to your other post on worming.
(Dont worry, it's not that urgent!)