Joseph Hamaoui

Thin shelled eggs can be caused by a number of reasons; Age of flock, incorrect Ca:P, low levels of calcium, P or Vitamin D in the ration. overcrowding of birds and incorrect amount of feed being fed so birds not consuming enough. Not feeding enough times during the day. Feeding to late at the last feeding so birds are not getting enough feed intake before lights out, infectious bronchitis (clini ...

The age of flock is very important to know because if this case in the beginning of laying cycle this means that poor prelayer ration -in this case- it is defecult to resolve this thin egg. If the case in older flock ( more than 45 weeks of age) may be there was an increased size of egg or incorrect particle size of calcium carbonate ( it should be about 50% between 2-4 mm) The amount of feed int ...