Scarlet has laid a few double yolkers this summer.
She usually lays normal but large eggs (~60 grams), and once a week, a double.
Then the doubles got bigger. 76 grams. 91 grams.
Then there was the lumpy shelled one, like it was a dinosaur egg, thick shelled.
Then a few days later...
Thanks for the nod to the Merck manual- I found some useful tables there- http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/poultry/nutrition_and_management_poultry/nutritional_requirements_of_poultry.html#v3344198
Please comment (kindly) on the strengths/weaknesses of the following chicken feed mix, as to its appropriateness for laying hens. I am a newbie chicken/pet owner.
The hens will free range a good part of each day (large city yard, lots of bugs), and be given dried and live mealworms as treats...