I think they eat the normal layers pellets, and there are oyster shells available for them. This is the first time we have seen eggs that look like these, but I will keep an eye on them. Thank you
They are free to roam in our garden, and love the back of the garden, but there is a lot of debris/old shed pieces there. Only one hen has diarrhoea - the worse of the two is pooping fine. They are 2 I think, and usually lay perfectly, so eggs like these were a concern. I have not cut into the...
Hello, I may be able to provide better/clearer photos later, but I have pictures of the two eggs and the main hen’s vent here - in real life you can see small patches of skin through the feathers.
I am very concerned about my hen. She has had awful dirty vent feathers, that are patchy/sparse, for a few weeks. At first we thought it might be diarrhoea, as she gets it often, but she stopped laying and the feathers got worse. We thought it may be mites, but mite powder has made no...