I have been reading that my chickens (6 month old laying hens) need grit and the oyster shell/dual purpose feed. I give them the dual purpose every day and they also have a feeder full of high protein chick starter mixed with chicken scratch (corn/seeds, etc) Do they also need Grit? What is it...
My Cuckoo Maran hen is 6 months old, has been laying for about a month now. She lays dark brown eggs. Yesterday the egg was tiny! Like a large grape! Today it was normal again.
Could this be an egg from our Mille Fleur who hasn't started laying yet? Or do hens do this occasionally? Our other...