One time I found a wet splat, no yolk, no shell, inside a nesting box. We have pellets and straw in the nesting boxes. Some golf balls. There are two laying hens who live together. One gifted to us who is a leghorn and another rescue black something who knows? Australorp Marans?
The black hen...
I'm in a byc local group and this has been a debate all day with over 100 comments. I figured I'd bring it to the experts lol. These are not my pictures. Is this some sort of worm or leaked egg whites from a hole in the egg?
So I’m wondering if I can feed my girls egg whites? It’s a product you buy and it’s not set whites that I separated from the egg, it’s in a carton from the store. Would it be unsafe to feed them this?
The egg whites do not sit up pretty. I was taught that one can tell the freshness of eggs or if the hen is old by how well the egg white layers. Our hens are not old; the eggs are fresh; but the egg whites tend to run all over the pan. The hens are combo meat-egg. They are in excellent...