Weird egg issue

[3KillerBs]

It's happened before, every time he spreads fertilizer, but even though all my hens eat it, only one girlie lays mutated eggs

Is he deliberately putting it your yard or is overspray passing through the fence?

 

[CHlCKEN]

Indeed. Glitches happen.

But chickens still shouldn't be allowed to eat lawn chemicals and one person's neighbor ought not to be spreading lawn chemicals in another person's poultry pasture.

I misread. I thought the chicken had eaten only a bit of fertilizer. Perhaps it’s the cause.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Is he deliberately putting it your yard or is overspray passing through the fence?

He does our yardwork, so he has a little distributer, shooting white solid nitrogen pellets around our yard, and accidentaly in the coop.

 

[3KillerBs]

He does our yardwork, so he has a little distributer, shooting white solid nitrogen pellets around and accidently in our yard!

So you might need to remind him that the pellets aren't good for the chickens.

Is there a fence?

 

[the_peanut_coop]

It is a fence, but they are itty bitty! the get through the holes easily. and he firtailizes my yard, so it gets in the cicken coop.

So you might need to remind him that the pellets aren't good for the chickens.

Is there a fence?

 

[3KillerBs]

It is a fence, but they are itty bitty! the get through the holes easily. and he firtailizes my yard, so it gets in the cicken coop.

You might need to rethink your lawn management (the chickens will fertilize it for you if they're roaming out there ), use a solid fence that keeps particles out (even a temporary barrier put out only when spreading fertilizer), and/or heavily water immediately after fertilization so that the pellets dissolve completely before allowing chickens into that area.

 

[Brooks_]

It is a fence, but they are itty bitty! the get through the holes easily. and he firtailizes my yard, so it gets in the cicken coop.

Tell him not to get that close to the coop/run or that your yard doesn't need fert.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

You might need to rethink your lawn management (the chickens will fertilize it for you if they're roaming out there ), use a solid fence that keeps particles out (even a temporary barrier put out only when spreading fertilizer), and/or heavily water immediately after fertilization so that the pellets dissolve completely before allowing chickens into that area.

They don't run around so much, because we have cats and a dog that it's owners are not resposible for, so it poops in our yard, chases my sweet kitty, and threatens my chickens, so I have to babysit them when they free-range. and for every time that they fertalize our yard, the pull up another patch of it, so we need that fertalizer...

 

[mufflerchick]

No, but this is a lot what it looked like. View attachment 2554101

I also have Giants (which I LOVE!!) and every once in a while I'll get a very large elongated egg. They are perfectly fine to eat, and this speckling is just the bloom layer.....again fine to eat.

 

[aart]

It's happened before, every time he spreads fertilizer, but even though all my hens eat it, only one girlie lays mutated eggs

How often?
If only one birds lays funky eggs, then it might just be a coincidence,
or only that bird is eating the pellets..

He does our yardwork, so he has a little distributer, shooting white solid nitrogen pellets around our yard, and accidentaly in the coop.

Why?
Is he your landlord?
I would tell him to stop spreading fertilizer in your yard.