One of my chickens are laying an egg with just a yolk inside. The shell is hard and looks and feels (and cracks) normal. There is just enough white to hold the yolk together. It tastes normal as well. This is not a one time thing. The last 6 or so eggs have all been the same. It's always the egg that's little darker brown egg and I forget which chicken is laying it but t's the same chicken. All our chicken seem to be acting the same as always. Even though it Winter, we still let our chickens out to roam about like usual. They don't realling like walking in snow, but there are paths that have been cleared.
We've moved last Spring. They didn't lay for a while, which wasn't surprising, then we were getting 2-3 eggs a day (5 chickens but only 2 should be laying for sure). The eggs were normal. I don't remember how many weeks that lasted, then the laying just stopped. Not petering out, one or two eggs here and there. The laying just stopped altogether. This lasted for months. Then about two weeks ago, we were getting an egg a day, then 2 eggs. But, just one of them is just a yolk. It's my favorite part of eating an egg, but...
Why is this? One is Missy, who is a Black Australorp and Clair who is a white Colombian Wyandotte. We've done nothing different...for years (even years before we moved). I live in the Northern half of Minnesota. We're feeding them a layer feed. Same one as always. They get treats of black oil sunflower seeds and kitchen scraps. They love bread. But none of this in any different than what we've done for many years. Anybody have any ideas?
We've moved last Spring. They didn't lay for a while, which wasn't surprising, then we were getting 2-3 eggs a day (5 chickens but only 2 should be laying for sure). The eggs were normal. I don't remember how many weeks that lasted, then the laying just stopped. Not petering out, one or two eggs here and there. The laying just stopped altogether. This lasted for months. Then about two weeks ago, we were getting an egg a day, then 2 eggs. But, just one of them is just a yolk. It's my favorite part of eating an egg, but...
Why is this? One is Missy, who is a Black Australorp and Clair who is a white Colombian Wyandotte. We've done nothing different...for years (even years before we moved). I live in the Northern half of Minnesota. We're feeding them a layer feed. Same one as always. They get treats of black oil sunflower seeds and kitchen scraps. They love bread. But none of this in any different than what we've done for many years. Anybody have any ideas?
