Hi I couldn't find a definitive answer so I thought I'd ask here.
I have about 25 hens and was thinking about adding a rooster or two for breeding. Will having a rooster cause the eggs to be no good for eating? I would hate to end up with bloody eggs for breakfast.
Thanks in advance.
Why is my hen laying a bloody egg? It doesn't happen every day, or even very often, but every oce in a while I will get an egg with a ring or a smear of blood around it. Can any of you tell me what this means or if I need to worry about it?
Sometimes this is like skid marks, as if the hen's...
Either we've been luck all of these years, or this is rare.. We've had egg laying birds for over a decade now. We are a small, mixed organic farm. Our present layers are a mix of heritage breeds. They've been with us for just over a year now. We have 18 hens and one roo. They all look happy and...