First Issue - I have a Barred Rock hen that keeps laying anyplace but the nesting box, keep finding eggs in different places. Of the 9 she is the only one not using the nesting box. Hen house is 6’ X 10’ with 6 nesting boxes, covered run is 9’ x 16’ and given free range during the day. Have tried ceramic eggs, making a few of the nesting boxes darker. Considered cutting the free range out until she gets used to using the nesting boxes but last two, I found in the Hen House litter in the morning.
Second Issue - Not an emergency but concerning. My chickens (ISA Brown and Barred Rock) are laying a lot of double yolk eggs, I expect this during the first month but figured they would settle down afterwards but now out of 9 hens I am getting 4 double yolk eggs a week. I dropped the feed down to a 16%-layer pellet thinking I was feeding them to rich of feed but has had no effect. They have free choice oyster shells, and they are allowed to free range. I give them the cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden but while a lot of carbs should not be that much protein in those.
Yesterday I am pretty sure my ISA Brown laid a triple yolk; this thing looks like a duck egg!
Second Issue - Not an emergency but concerning. My chickens (ISA Brown and Barred Rock) are laying a lot of double yolk eggs, I expect this during the first month but figured they would settle down afterwards but now out of 9 hens I am getting 4 double yolk eggs a week. I dropped the feed down to a 16%-layer pellet thinking I was feeding them to rich of feed but has had no effect. They have free choice oyster shells, and they are allowed to free range. I give them the cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden but while a lot of carbs should not be that much protein in those.
Yesterday I am pretty sure my ISA Brown laid a triple yolk; this thing looks like a duck egg!
