Re: Tiny Egg

In article <Xns971CB46058A0Fdanny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> in thread news:702e7$438b7779$4e155f0$5455@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: Nicholas
> <njloch@xxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:
>
> > The other day when I collected the eggs I was surprised to find a very
> > tiny brown egg in the nest box. It's not much larger than a robin egg.
> >
> > I took a picture of it next to an average size egg to give it scale.
> > This might not be that unusual, but my hens have been laying normal eggs
> > since august. It was on a very cold morning that I found this, I
> > don't know if that had anything to do with it or not. Anyway I thought
> > I'd share with everyone.
> >
> > I'll let you know how it tastes! :)
> >
> > The pic is located on the Frapper Site at:
> >
> > http://www.frappr.com/sciagpoultry/photo/700042
> >
> > Nicholas
>
> Those look like the first eggs my hens ever laid. They got better at it.
> Seriously though, I've noticed the eggs getting smaller since the insects
> dried up.
> I heated the chicken house. No change. I've added lights to the chicken
> house. No change. I realized they have used up their flax lot that I grew
> for them. So I've started buying flax seed for them. No change.
> I started buying more expensive chicken feed. No change.
> We left the deer carcass for them to play with, and several days later, the
> eggs started getting larger again.
> Then the Deer carcass started drawing coyotes.......
> We took the deer carcass away, and now their eggs are getting progressively
> smaller again. Perhaps we are simply awaiting insect season again?

What is the protien percentage of your main feed?

Mine is 17%.
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