Really Weird Eggs

[aart]

Have/had os out at all times.

Are they consuming it?
Sometimes they don't 'get it'.
I'll occasionally toss some out with the daily scratch grains.

 

[Susan Dye]

Are they consuming it?
Sometimes they don't 'get it'.
I'll occasionally toss some out with the daily scratch grains.

I can't swear that all of them are consuming it, but they certainly have it scattered around the pan. I do occasionally see one or the other of them pecking at it. Admittedly, most of the scattering comes from the pullets stepping on the rim of the plate causing it to tip upwards.

 

[aart]

stepping on the rim of the plate causing it to tip upwards.

Oh, how I hate that rim tipping!!

 

[Susan Dye]

Oh, how I hate that rim tipping!!

 

[Susan Dye]

So, today's egg has no hole in it, but it's wrinkled, gritty, and discolored. And, of course, I don't know which hen laid it. There were three eggs in the nest and the first time I checked the RIR was on the nest but vacated it when threw some scratch out...the nest was empty. Next time I checked, like an hr later, one of mixed breeds was on the same nest. Went back in another hr and found the three eggs. No idea which other hen snuck in there while I wasn't looking. Don't know if the wrinkled vs the hole is a good sign or not.