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    Thin shelled chicken egss?

    Guys, my girls are laying great, and I have an abundance of eggs. Like three dozen today. I tried hard boiling a dozen a few days ago...
    FAIL. They are so thin shelled. I tried the method someone told of, where you boil them, then cool off with water, then shake the heck outta the pan with a lid on them, the membrane sticks to the shell. It was a total wash, I ended up pissed off, crunched up that whole dozen and gave them back to the chickens.
    I do give them shells, I also feed them Purina, the one that says "healthy egg production" or something.
    What else can I do?
    Note, we don't wash, just rinse any serious poop off, and keep rotated in fridge.
    I don't know if I can get the wife to go the in refridgerated way.
    Also, what way "to boil"?
    All in the pot, then water onto stove?
    I tried boiling water first, then lowering eggs in, that didn't work, some busted and made a mess.
    Room temp before boiling?
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    Feed them oyster shells for thicker eggs shells.

    We start with cold water bring to a boil then pull off the burner leave in the water 10 to 12 minutes then in ice water.
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    Thanks Hawg, had no idea oyster shells helped create stronger chicken egg shells. Putting this in the old memory bank for future use...

    Deebs,
    Check this out;
    https://www.wikihow.com/Prepare-Oyst...s-for-Chickens

    Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slippy View Post
    Thanks Hawg, had no idea oyster shells helped create stronger chicken egg shells. Putting this in the old memory bank for future use...

    Deebs,
    Check this out;
    https://www.wikihow.com/Prepare-Oyst...s-for-Chickens

    Good luck!
    Normally a good layer pellet or crumble feed is enough but occasionally some birds will need some extra oyster shell help. Put it in a separate feeder and let them eat as they want it.
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    Thanks guys. Will see if I can find some oyster shell ready, I really don't wanna be hammering on shells.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deebo View Post
    Thanks guys. Will see if I can find some oyster shell ready, I really don't wanna be hammering on shells.
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    Thanks guys. Will see if I can find some oyster shell ready, I really don't wanna be hammering on shells.
    Tractor supply has them in a bag ready to go.
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    Eggs that don't peel well are fresh eggs... refrigerate for 4 weeks, and try again and report back.

    If they don't break when boiling them, the shell is thick enough.

    Rancher

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