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Show Soft-Shelled Eggs There are several causes for soft-shelled soft-shelled eggs, says the Idaho Farmer. Farm-er. Sometimes when pullets are laying heavily, the yolks and whites are formed more rapidly than the shell-forming material. Another cause Is the lack of shell-forming material or the vitamin which makes the mineral available. This vitamin ls found In cod liver oil and sometimes the addition of 1 per cent of cod liver oil in the ration ra-tion or 2 per cent of the mash will help to eliminate this difficulty. I would suggest adding 2 per cent of ground oyster shell flour to the mash temporarily until you overcome over-come the trouble. Occasionally hens that are overfat will lay soft-shelled soft-shelled eggs and persist in doing so regardless of method of feeding. In some cases the shell-forming material ma-terial Is not made available fast enough and the condition rights itself it-self when production naturally slows up. |