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Today I gave them a small dish of minced garlic. One of my Dominques launched herself at the container, so I think that I ended up wearing more of the garlic than they got to eat. Goofs. I think I’m going to try the mixing in with their pellets from now on. Now I’m off to wash the garlic out...

Just gave them some minced garlic. Holy frijole! I'm surprised that I didn't lose any skin, since I stupidly poured it into my hand and offered it to them! After 9 years with chickens, you'd think I'd know better. 😂

I guess it could be lash egg, though the thing she laid didn't look anything like any of the pictures I'm seeing. It was a squashy, muddy blob (some of the "shell" came off on my hand like pasty grit) with a membrane and some albumen. The next layer looked the same. The next 2 layers were...

Yep, she’s getting old. I always wondered if the production layers would have more trouble in the long run than my heritage breeds. My 9 year old Speckled Sussex is my prettiest, healthiest looking hen of the bunch. She’s just starting her annual molt though, so she’s about to get pretty...

Oh! And yes! She had been laying normally, as far as I know. Though maybe she hasn’t been and I haven’t realized? We have gotten a few oddly shaped eggs recently and a couple of shell-less eggs though. All of my girls are getting up there in years (this hen is actually my youngest) so we...

She does get fed layer feed. I have oyster shell, but not available to them at all times (it’s sprinkled outside the run so they can get it while they free range). I can start putting it in the run too. They used to free range every day, but we’ve backed off from free ranging recently because...

Okay, not really. It seems that she is egg bound. She laid a monstrosity earlier today that proved to be a shell-less egg matrioshka with 4 layer. Yep. An egg in an egg in an egg in an egg! Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen! About an hour later, she looked like she was going to poop and 3...