Show Plenty of Oyster Shell Helpful to Egg Layers Several flock fiock owners have at various times asked my opinion as to the cause of soft shelled eggs ggs says a I writer in the Successful Farming Hens Liens may occasionally lay a soft shelled Bof egg even eyen when supplied with plenty of ot oyster shells Sometimes this Is la caused by an condition n or a poorly balanced ration If any of your hens lay an occasional soft-shelled soft egg make sure that they are getting plenty of green food and that they are made to exercise In the straw litter Utter If this Is done and the balanced ration and oyster shell donot donot do donot not put a stop to the soft-shelled soft eggs you may be sure that the trouble la is ladue due to some abnormal condition that prevents the fowls from manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing turing the lime as fast as It Is need need- ed When this Is the case the only cure seems to be to cull out any hens liens that are known to lay shelled soft shelled eggs frequently Such eggs are not only onty a frequent loss but the breaking and eating ot them by the other fowls encourage the habit of egg |