Okay I have 1 chicken whose eggs have always had these little specks all over them. For the life of me I cannot tell what they are. I always lean towards them being dirt, but it’s literally almost every single egg she lays that has these granular particles on them. She dust bathes like crazy in a peat moss/sand mixture. But would that cause her to deposit dirt on her eggs after laying them? She has a pretty fluffy bottom and sometimes doesn’t shake off completely after her dirt bath. Or am I looking at mites? Sorry if this is a silly question. I just have no experience with mites.
could be I guess…they just moved into a brand new big coop, and I have not noticed any flies. It’s almost too cold for flies here right now, though. I’ll hang a fly trap just in case.
