Yeah, one of my red-sex-link girls has been laying ringed eggs too.
I assumed it's just because the laying has slowed down with winter. None of my other girls are laying at all.
From what I've read, as long as you're feeding layer feed, there's nothing to worry about. As long as they aren't feeding too heavily on table scraps, there's plenty of calcium in the diet. Plenty of corn and scraps are fine in winter when they're not laying, but the calcium from layer feed is...
Thank you for the welcome, duluth. I've been on here for a while, but forgot my username, so had to start over. Oh well, can't buy street cred.
My girls are just your average Columbian Rocks, and red/black sex links, super-sweet little girls that come running for back rubs when I come out with...
The day after Canada Geese leave for winter, the crows show up in our county. Millions of them.
This is our first winter with chickens, and I knew the crows would be tempted by the food scraps I chuck into our yard for the chickens; so I readied the .22 rifle. Sure enough, the crows showed up...
Oh, I'm so sorry. That's awful. **** dog.
Birds are super tough, and your girl might well pull through. Broken ribs will heal (that's prob what's going on.)
Treat any obvious scratches on her, then go and shoot the dog.