Thanks all. She is approx 18 months old. They have layers pellets plus corn and mealworms as a treat - plus greens, such as lettuce. I'll take a look for lice/mites.
Hi - we've had a couple of eggs recently that are a slightly odd shape (i.e. large and longer than usual) with a 'wrinkled' texture. I've included a pic alongside a 'normal' egg for comparison.
They are also more fragile than usual and break easily. Does anyone know if it's something to worry...
Thanks all. I feed layers pellets. Plus meal worms and a handful of corn daily as a treat. Greens too. I will keep an eye on them - hopefully the next moult will sort things. Thanks for all the suggestions.
We had a problem with pecking recently which we've finally managed to solve using a combination of separation and bumpa bits. However, two of the hens (we've got four altogether) have been left with big areas of feathers missing. I haven't seen any pecking for a few weeks but the feathers aren't...