Chipmunk Chicks
Free Ranging
I had one today that laid a funny "corrugated" egg, which says it could be a double yolk, and also could be a sign of excess calcium. Her eggs usually have a bit of a heavier bloom, or even chalky coating on the outside, so this makes sense to me.
As we started introducing the chicks, she's been showing some more broody behaviors, picking out all her tummy feathers and piling them up in the corners of the coop where the girls lay... If she had a legit surge of hormones from being around the chicks, I could see that causing a double yolk, too!? Maybe? I will take pics and crack into it tomorrow, but it looks a little bit like this, just in one end, and a bit elongated.
As we started introducing the chicks, she's been showing some more broody behaviors, picking out all her tummy feathers and piling them up in the corners of the coop where the girls lay... If she had a legit surge of hormones from being around the chicks, I could see that causing a double yolk, too!? Maybe? I will take pics and crack into it tomorrow, but it looks a little bit like this, just in one end, and a bit elongated.
