I was so happy to see this post of the double shelled egg. We just had the same thing! I'm still hunting trying to find what could be the cause of this. Did you ever get to the bottom of it?
Thank you, I'm so relieved to hear this. There is no sign of any feather in the coop which lead me believe she has to be eating them. We remove her from the nest box and she always returns, currently no eggs beneath her. Now to deal with her broodiness. Can a chicken die of...
This is our first time dealing with a broody hen. When we picked her up to remove her from the nest box we noticed that most all of her feathers are missing from her breast and under side. Is this normal? I wonder if she has been eating them for nutrition.
We have 7 pullets about 5-6 weeks old. 3 of the 7 are Rhode Island Reds and one has started pecking at the others hind quarters. Enough pecking done to one chicken that we saw blood and have used Blu Kote. The injured girl was isolated in a dog crate for most of the day but when night came they...