We are having exactly the same issues with one of our 1 year old Hubbards. Alternately lays unusually large, somewhat irregularly shaped hard shelled eggs (with a rough texture to the shell) with soft shelled eggs- sometimes we get a completely normal looking egg from her but in general the...
We are winterizing as well.... and trying to arrange for a reliable neighbor to care for our girls while we are way over Thanksgiving-- anyone have any solid leads on solar powered coop lighting as well an automatic door opener/closer we might look into? We too are in Maine (southern, Eliot) and...