Twiglet Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Haven't had anything for AGES to ask about my chooks but there's this one thing.......... One of my chooks (who always has a mucky bottom) has laid a few eggs recently with "bits" on the outside of the shell that look like lumps of tiny grains of sand all glued together. Any ideas anyone? The bits come off if you rub hard enough, I just want to know if it's a sign of anything bad really. BTW, they do have a dust bath thats filled with sand of roughly the same colour but could this just be a coincidence? Thanks in anticipation .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 One of my chooks lays eggs with sandy grainy bits in the bottom always - not sure which one it is but they all seem fine. I think it might be Mildred - she's 2 now and i think they are hers cos they seem to be getting increasingly wonky and although have a hard shell they look almost wrinkly sometimes with this granular sandy stuff on the bottom. I see it as her expressing her artistic side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Mine eat the sand from the boys sandpit and their eggs often come out with sand attached! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiglet Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Thanks, I think it's probably to do with the sand - after all WE know how it always seems to get everywhere, doesn't it I've also had the ones with ridges on once - so I won't worry now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
